Silver Elephant Appoints Mining Veteran Robert Van Drunen as Chief Operating Officer


Vancouver, British Columbia, September 27, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Van Drunen as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Van Drunen joined the Company as a consultant in May 2021 and will transition to his new role effective September 27, 2021.

Robert Van Drunen, who is based in Thompson, Manitoba, has over 30 years of experience with Vale and Inco. He started his mining career with Inco in 1990 and progressed through his career with increasing levels of responsibility, including Mine Manager and most recently Senior Project Manager of the Thompson Operation. In the latter role, he led multi-disciplinary teams in all aspects of mining, including operations (both underground and open pit), maintenance, exploration, procurement, supply chain management, and contract management.

Mr. Van Drunen holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from York University. He specializes in process improvement and cost control, as well as an award winning track record for zero-harm safety culture.

Mr. Van Drunen comments, “As the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and with 31 years of hands-on mining and top-to-bottom operational experience, I look forward to leading Silver Elephant’s mining projects including Bolivia and Mongolia, from exploration, permitting, through to mine construction and production.”

Mr. Van Drunen will also assist with Silver Elephant’s proposed spinout plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) as announced on August 26, 2021 and September 23, 2021. Subject to applicable laws, and any approvals as may be required, Mr. Van Drunen is expected to play a key role at Flying Nickel Mining Corp. which is expected to own and operate the Minago nickel project within the Thompson Nickel Belt following the Arrangement.

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Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”

Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com  www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These forward‐looking statements, may involve, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future events or future performance, the completion and structure of the Arrangement, anticipated shareholder, court and regulatory approvals, the realization of the anticipated benefits deriving by any entity from the Arrangement or from the Company’s or in relation to any spinco of the Company (each, a “SpinCo”) created in connection with the Arrangement, including Flying Nickel Mining Corp., such SpinCo’s assets or investments, the general performance of the assets of the Company and any SpinCo, and the results of exploration, development and production activities as well as expansions projects relating to the properties of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions, including, without limitation, management’s perceptions of historical trends; current conditions; expected future developments; the ongoing operation of the properties of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest by the operators of such properties in a manner consistent with past practice; the accuracy of public statements and disclosures made by the operators of such underlying properties; no material adverse change in the market price of the commodities that underlie the asset portfolio; no adverse development in respect of any significant property of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest; the accuracy of expectations for the development of underlying properties that are not yet in production; and the absence of any other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended.

For additional information with respect to these and other factors and assumptions underlying the forward‐looking statements made in this press release, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the most recent Annual Information Form of the Company which is filed with the Canadian securities commissions and available electronically under the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company’s Form 20-F annual report for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available  electronically  under  the Company’s issuer  profile on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. The forward‐looking statements set forth herein reflect the Company’s expectations as at the date of this press release and are subject to change after such date. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

None of the securities to be issued pursuant to the Arrangement have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and any securities issuable in the transaction are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Silver Elephant Provides Update and Schedule on Plan of Arrangement


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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2021 / Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX:ELEF)(OTCQX:SILEF)(Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to provide the following update further to its news release dated August 26, 2021 with respect to the Company’s proposed plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) to spin-out its Manitoba based Minago Nickel project (“Minago”), its Nevada based Gibellini Vanadium project (“Gibellini”), and Battery Metals Royalties into Flying Nickel Mining Corp. (“Flying Nickel”), Nevada Vanadium Mining Corp. (“Nevada Vanadium”), and Battery Metals Royalties Corp. (“Battery Royalties”, and together with Flying Nickel and Nevada Vanadium, the “SpinCos”).

Further to the news release of the Company dated September 6, 2021, assuming the full completion of proposed previously announced private placement of common shares of the Company for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3,300,000 and that no further securities of Silver Elephant are issued prior to the record date of the Arrangement (the “Record Date”), which is presently expected to be in December, 2021, Silver Elephant will have approximately 235 million common shares and 32 million warrants and options issued and outstanding on the Record Date.

Subject to applicable laws, the policies of and approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”), the receipt of shareholder approval and court approval, and satisfaction of other closing conditions, it is presently expected that, pursuant to the Arrangement:

  1. each Silver Elephant share outstanding on the Record Date, will be consolidated on the basis of one post-consolidation common share (“ELEF Share“) for every ten pre-consolidation shares of Silver Elephant (the “Consolidation“); and
  2. each Silver Elephant shareholder (“Shareholder“) will receive: one share of each of Flying Nickel and Nevada Vanadium for every post-Consolidation ELEF Share by such Shareholder on the Record Date; and two shares of Battery Royalties for every post-Consolidation ELEF Share held by such Shareholder on the Record Date.

Accordingly, upon completion of the Arrangement (including the Consolidation), there will be approximately:

  1. 23,500,000 ELEF Shares and 3,200,000 warrants and options of Silver Elephant issued and outstanding;
  2. 50,000,000 common shares in the capital of Flying Nickel issued and outstanding (“Flying Nickel Shares“);
  3. 50,000,000 common shares in the capital of Nevada Vanadium issued and outstanding (“Nevada Vanadium Shares“); and
  4. 80,000,000 common shares in the capital of Battery Royalties issued and outstanding (“Battery Royalties Shares“);

Silver Elephant securityholders (common share, option, and warrant) on the Record Date, assuming exercise of all warrants and options of Silver Elephant will collectively directly hold approximately:

  1. 26,700,000 Flying Nickel Shares representing approximately 53.4% of the Flying Nickel Shares issued and outstanding;
  2. 26,700,000 Nevada Vanadium Shares representing approximately 53.4% of the Nevada Vanadium Shares issued and outstanding; and
  3. 53,400,000 Battery Royalties Shares representing approximately 66.8% of the Battery Royalties Shares issued and outstanding.

Any remaining Flying Nickel Shares, and Nevada Vanadium Shares held directly by Silver Elephant (upon completion of the prior distribution to Shareholders and reservation of Flying Nickel and Nevada Vanadium Shares for distribution upon exercise of warrants and options of Silver Elephant) will be transferred to Battery Royalties as part of the Arrangement.

Upon completion of the Arrangement, it is currently expected that the Company and each SpinCo will focus on its corresponding core business with:

  1. Silver Elephant holding a 100% interest in its Pulacayo silver and El Triunfo gold-silver projects in Bolivia, and approximately 26,600,000 (representing 33.2% of) Battery Royalties Shares as a long-term investment;
  2. Nevada Vanadium, holding a 100% interest in its Gibellini vanadium project in Nevada;
  3. Flying Nickel, holding a 100% interest in its Minago nickel project at Thompson nickel belt in Manitoba; and
  4. Battery Royalties, holding 2% royalties of each of the assets referenced above and, approximately 23,300,000 (representing 46.6% of) Flying Nickel Shares and 23,300,000 (representing 46.6% of) Nevada Vanadium Shares as a long-term investment.

While the foregoing has been prepared on the basis that no additional securities of each SpinCo will be issued, it is presently expected that each SpinCo will complete a financing in connection with the Arrangement to provide for working capital and other corporate purposes. Further details on SpinCo financings will be provided when available.

John Lee, Chairman of Silver Elephant states that “After the spinout, green energy institutional fund managers, precious metals fund managers, and royalty focused investors will be able to buy nickel, vanadium, silver, or royalty company shares of their choice from our plan. We also aim to list Flying Nickel, Nevada Vanadium, and Battery Royalties on the TSX-Venture Exchange to facilitate trading liquidity and support future business expansion.”

There can be no assurance that the Arrangement will be completed on the terms described herein or at all or that any of the SpinCos will be listed on any stock exchange. Completion of the Arrangement is subject to applicable laws, the policies of and approval by the TSX, the receipt of shareholder approval and court approval, and satisfaction of other closing conditions.

Subject to applicable laws, the policies of and approval by the TSX and the receipt of court approval, the Company presently expects to call a Shareholder meeting (“Meeting“) to be held in early-to-mid December, 2021 to approve the Arrangement. Further details regarding the Arrangement will be contained in an information circular of the Company to be mailed to Shareholders in early November.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101
ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These forward‐looking statements, may involve, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future events or future performance, the completion and structure of the Arrangement, anticipated shareholder, court and regulatory approvals, the realization of the anticipated benefits deriving by any entity from the Arrangement or from the Company’s or in relation to any SpinCo’s assets or investments, the general performance of the assets of the Company and any SpinCo, and the results of exploration, development and production activities as well as expansions projects relating to the properties of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions, including, without limitation, management’s perceptions of historical trends; current conditions; expected future developments; the ongoing operation of the properties of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest by the operators of such properties in a manner consistent with past practice; the accuracy of public statements and disclosures made by the operators of such underlying properties; no material adverse change in the market price of the commodities that underlie the asset portfolio; no adverse development in respect of any significant property of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest; the accuracy of expectations for the development of underlying properties that are not yet in production; and the absence of any other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended.

For additional information with respect to these and other factors and assumptions underlying the forward‐looking statements made in this press release, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the most recent Annual Information Form of the Company which is filed with the Canadian securities commissions and available electronically under the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company’s Form 20-F annual report for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available electronically under the Company’s issuer profile on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. The forward‐looking statements set forth herein reflect the Company’s expectations as at the date of this press release and are subject to change after such date. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

None of the securities to be issued pursuant to the Arrangement have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“), or any state securities laws, and any securities issuable in the transaction are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Silver Elephant Closes First Tranche of Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of $918,199


VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / September 23, 2021 / Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX:ELEF)(OTCQX:SILEF)(Frankfurt:1P2N) announces that, further to its news release dated September 6, 2021, it has closed the first tranche (the “Closing”) of its previously announced private placement offering of 15,000,000 common shares of the Company (“Shares”) at a price per Share of $0.22 for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,300,000 (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Closing, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,173,632 Shares for aggregate gross proceeds from the Closing of $918,199.

In connection with the Closing, the Company paid $46,872 in cash and issued 213,054 common share purchase warrants (“Finder’s Warrants”) to certain finders as finder’s fees. Each Finder’s Warrant is exercisable to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.26 until September 22, 2022.

The securities issued in connection with the Closing are subject to a regulatory hold period expiring on January 23, 2022.

The Closing proceeds are expected to be used for the Company’s mineral project development and for general working capital purposes.

The Company expects to close the final tranche of the Offering on or before October 15, 2021.

The Company further announces that pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Share-Based Compensation Plan as approved at its Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on September 10, 2021, it has granted in aggregate, 6,500,000 incentive stock options (the “Options”), to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The Options are exercisable at a price of $0.26 per Common share for a term of five years expiring on September 22, 2026 and vest at 12.5% per quarter for the first two years following the date of grant.

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Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101
ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts, are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding Silver Elephant’s future growth, results of operations, performance, business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Silver Elephant’s forward-looking statements. Silver Elephant believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although Silver Elephant has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Silver Elephant undertakes no obligation to release publicly any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

None of the securities to be issued pursuant to the Offering have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and any securities issuable in the transaction are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Silver Elephant Shareholders Pass All Resolutions at 2021 Annual and General Special Meeting


VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / September 13, 2021 /Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX:ELEF)(OTCQX:SILEF)(Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to report that all proposed resolutions were approved at the Company’s Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders held on September 10, 2021, via teleconference (the “Meeting”). Voting Results were as follows:

MATTERS VOTED UPON VOTING RESULTS(1)
Votes in Favour Votes Against Abstained
1. The number of directors was fixed at four(2) 21,135,892 (99.83%) 36,560 (0.17%) 0
2. Election of Directors 

John Lee(3)

Greg Hall(3)

Masateru Igata(3)

Marc Leduc(2)

19,882,165 (93.92%) 

21,142,804 (99.86%)

21,059,866 (99.47%)

21,121,132 (99.76%)

0

0

0

1,290,286 (6.09%) 

29,647 (0.14%)

112,585 (0.53%)

51,320 (0.24%)

3. Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Accountants, was re-appointed as the auditors of the Company and directors were authorized to set their remuneration. 22,673,112 (99.92%) 0 17,845 (0.08%)
4. Approval of an ordinary resolution approving an Ordinary resolution of the Shareholders approving the new 10% Rolling Incentive Plan of the Company, with or without variation as more particularly described in the accompanying Information Circular.(3)(4) 4,256,884 (70.56%) 1,775,861 (29.44%) 0
Notes

  1. A total of 173 shareholders were present in person or by proxy representing 23,113,518 shares at the Meeting;
  2. There were 1,518,505 non-votes reported by the Scrutineer of the Meeting on resolution 1;
  3. There were 1,518,506 non-votes reported by the Scrutineer of the Meeting on resolution 2; and
  4. 1,518,506 votes held by Insiders were excluded on the resolution.

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Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:
+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101
ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Silver Elephant Announces Private Placement Offering of Up To 15,000,000 Common Shares for Gross Proceeds of Up To $3,300,000


Vancouver, British Columbia, September 6, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX: SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces that, subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”), it proposes to undertake a non-brokered private placement (the “Placement”) of up to 15 million common shares of the Company (the “Shares”) at a price of $0.22 per Share to raise aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3,300,000.

The Shares will be subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the date of issue.

Closing of the Placement is expected to occur on or about September 22, 2021.

The Company has engaged Canaccord Genuity Corp, and Red Cloud Securities to act as its financial advisors for the offering, and may compensate persons who act as finders in connection with the Placement and in accordance with the policies of the TSX.

Proceeds of the Placement are expected to be used for exploration, working capital and general corporate purposes.

The Placement and payment of any finder’s fees are subject to the approval of the TSX and other customary closing conditions.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.

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Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”

Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com  www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts, are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws.  Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding Silver Elephant’s future growth, results of operations, performance, business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Silver Elephant’s forward-looking statements.  Silver Elephant believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct.  In addition, although Silver Elephant has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.  Silver Elephant undertakes no obligation to release publicly any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Silver Elephant: Gibellini Vanadium Project’s PEA Shows 25.4% After Tax IRR At $10/lb V2O5,Capex $147 million


Vancouver, British Columbia, August 30, 2021 –Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX:ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to announce the results of a preliminary economic assessment (the “2021 PEA”) for its Gibellini vanadium project (“Gibellini project”) that demonstrates an after-tax internal rate of return (“IRR”) of 25.4%, and after-tax cumulative cash flow of $260.8 million, assuming an average vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) price  of $10.00 per pound.

The Gibellini project is designed to be an open pit, heap leach operation in Nevada’s Battle Mountain region (25 km south of Eureka) with initial capital cost of $147 million,  average annual production is 10.2 million pounds of V2O5 , at an all-in sustaining cost of $6.04 per pound with strip ratio of 0.18 to 1 (waste rock:leach material).

As of August 27, 2021, the European price of vanadium pentoxide (98%) was $9.60 per pound according to www.asianmetal.com.

The 2021 PEA was prepared by Wood Group USA, Inc (Wood) and Mine Technical Services Ltd. (MTS). The technical report that summarizes the 2021 PEA will be filed under the Company’s SEDAR profile and available within 45 days.

All dollar values are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted.

2021 PEA Highlights: 

The 2021 PEA is preliminary in nature, and includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and there is no certainty that the PEA will be realized. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.

Highlights of the 2021 PEA (after tax):

Internal rate of return 25.4%
Payback period 2.49 years
Life of mine 11.1 years
Total V2O5 recovered 114.6 million lbs
Average V2O5 selling price $10 per lb
Cash operating cost $4.70 per lb V2O5
All-in sustaining cost $6.04 per lb V2O5
Initial capital cost including 25% contingency $147 million
Average grade 0.271% V2O5
Strip ratio (waste:leach) 0.18:1
Mining operating rate 9,700 tons per day
Total material leached 33.4 million tons
Average V2O5 recovery through direct heap leaching 63.4%

Mineral Resources

The PEA Mineral Resource is based on Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource estimates for the Gibellini deposit and Inferred Mineral Resource estimates for the Louie Hill and Bisoni McKay deposits, totaling131.34 million pounds of contained V2O5  in the Measured and Indicated categories, and 227.81 million pounds of contained V2O5 in the Inferred catetory.

Mineral Resource Statement, Gibellini

Confidence Category Domain Cut-off
V2O5 (%)
Tons
(kton)
Grade
V2O5 (%)
Contained
V2O5 (klb)
Measured Oxide 0.101 3,960 0.251 19,870
Transition 0.086 3,980 0.377 29,980
Indicated Oxide 0.101 7,830 0.222 34,760
Transition 0.086 7,190 0.325 46,730
Total Measured and Indicated 22,950 0.286 131,340
Inferred Oxide 0.101 160 0.170 550
Transition 0.086 10 0.180 30
Reduced 0.116 14,800 0.175 51,720
Total Inferred 14,970 0.175 52,300

Notes:

  1. The Qualified Person for the estimate is Mr. Todd Wakefield, RM SME of Mine Technical Services Ltd. The Mineral Resources have an effective date of 5 June 2021. The resource model was prepared by Mr. E.J.C. Orbock III, RM SME.
  2. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
  3. Mineral Resources are reported at various cut-off grades for oxide, transition, and reduced material.
  4. Mineral Resources are reported within a conceptual pit shell that uses the following assumptions: Mineral Resource V2O5 price of $14.64/lb; mining cost: $2.21/st mined; process cost: $13.62/st processed; general and administrative (G&A) cost: $0.99/st processed; metallurgical recovery assumptions of 60% for oxide material, 70% for transition material and 52% for reduced material; tonnage factors of 16.86 ft3/st for oxide material, 16.35 ft3/st for transition material and 14.18 ft3/st for reduced material; royalty: 2.5% net smelter return (NSR); shipping and conversion costs: $0.37/lb. An overall 40° pit slope angle assumption was used.
  5. Rounding as required by reporting guidelines may result in apparent summation differences between tons, grade and contained metal content. Tonnage and grade measurements are in US units. Grades are reported in percentages.

Mineral Resource Statement, Louie Hill

Confidence Category Cut-off
V2O5 (%)
Tons
(kton)
Grade
V2O5 (%)
Contained
V2O5 (klb)
Inferred 0.101 7,520 0.276 41,490

Notes:

  1. The Qualified Person for the estimate is Mr. Todd Wakefield, RM SME, of Mine Technical Services Ltd. The Mineral Resources have an effective date of 5 June 2021. The resource model was prepared by Mr. Mark Hertel, RM SME.
  2. Mineral Resources that are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
  3. Oxidation state was not modeled.
  4. Mineral Resources are reported within a conceptual pit shell that uses the following assumptions: Mineral Resource V2O5 price of $14.64/lb; mining cost: $2.21/st mined; process cost: $13.62/st processed; general and administrative (G&A) cost: $0.99/st processed; metallurgical recovery assumptions of 60% for mineralized material; tonnage factors of 16.86 ft3/st for mineralized material; royalty: 2.5% net smelter return (NSR); shipping and conversion costs: $0.37/lb. An overall 40° pit slope angle assumption was used.
  5. Rounding as required by reporting guidelines may result in apparent summation differences between tons, grade and contained metal content. Tonnage and grade measurements are in US units. Grades are reported in percentages.
Area Confidence
Category
Domain Cut-off
V2O5 (%)
Tons
(kton)
Grade
V2O5 (%)
Contained
V2O5 (klb)
North Area A Inferred Oxide 0.107 6,970 0.29 39,720
Transition 0.124 1,500 0.33 9,900
Reduced 0.139 9,080 0.39 70,580
Total North Area A Inferred All Variable 17,540 0.34 120,210
South Area B Inferred Oxide 0.107 1,470 0.28 8,160
Transition 0.124 320 0.40 2,540
Reduced 0.139 510 0.30 3,100
Total South Area B Inferred All Variable 2,300 0.30 13,810
Total Inferred All Variable 19,850 0.34 134,020

Notes:

  1. The Qualified Person for the estimate is Mr. Todd Wakefield, RM SME, of Mine Technical Services Ltd. The Mineral Resources have an effective date of 5 June 2021.
  2. Mineral Resources are reported at various cut-off grades for oxide, transition, and reduced material.
  3. Mineral Resources are reported within a conceptual pit shell that uses the following assumptions: Mineral Resource V2O5 price of $11.50/lb; mining cost: $2.90/st mined; process cost: $13.75/st; general and administrative (G&A) cost: $1.00/st processed; metallurgical recovery assumptions of 65% for oxide material, 56% for transition material and 50% for reduced material; tonnage factors of 16.86 ft3/st for oxide material, 16.35 ft3/st for transition material and 14.18 ft3/st for reduced material; royalty: 2.5% net smelter return (NSR); shipping and conversion costs: $0.625/lb. An overall 40° pit slope angle assumption was used.
  4. Rounding as required by reporting guidelines may result in apparent summation differences between tons, grade and contained metal content. Tonnage and grade measurements are in US units. Grades are reported in percentages.

Mining & Processing

A subset of the Gibellini and Louie Hill Mineral Resource estimates were adopted in the 2021 PEA mine plan. Bisoni McKay Mineral Resource estimate was not included in the mine plan in the 2021 PEA to better reflect the Company’s already submitted plan of operation in its permitting efforts.

Subset of the Gibellini Mineral Resource Estimate within the 2021 PEA Mine Plan

Leach Material Domain Cutoff V2O5 (%) Tons (‘000) V2O5 Grade (%) Contained V2O5 Lbs (‘000)
Measured Oxide 0.135 3,890 0.253 19,684
Transition 0.135 3,944 0.378 29,824
Reduced 0.135 0.000
Indicated Oxide 0.135 6,246 0.240 30,024
Transition 0.135 7,056 0.316 44,624
Reduced 0.135 0.000
Total Measured and Indicated   21,136 0.294 124,156
Inferred Oxide 0.135 116 0.174 403
Transition 0.135 0.000
Reduced 0.135 5,183 0.163 16,919
Total Inferred   5,299 0.163 17,323

Subset of the Louie Hill Mineral Resource Estimate within the 2021 PEA Mine Plan

Leach Material Domain Cut-off
(%)
Tonnage
(kton)
V2O5
(%)
V2O5
(klb)
Inferred Oxide 0.155 6,963 0.282 39,315
Transition 0.155 0.000
Reduced 0.155 0.000
Total Inferred 6,963 0.282 39,315

Capital and operating costs for the 2021 PEA are based on supplying 3 Mt of crushed and agglomerated leach material annually from two open pits at Gibellini and Louie Hill.  Initial mine development will be focused on Gibellini, with Louie Hill following nine years later.

Mining at the Gibellini and Louie Hill deposits is planned to be a conventional open pit mine using a truck and loader fleet consisting of 100-ton trucks and front-end loaders. A power line would be constructed from an existing transmission line and water will be leased from a private ranch. Both water and power sources are within five miles of the planned mining operations.

The average annual mine production during the 11.1 year mine life will be 3.56 million tons of leach material (3 Mst) and waste (0.56 Mst) at a strip ratio of 0.18 (w:l).

Period Total Rock Waste Oxide Leach Transition Leach Reduced Leach Leach Total V2O5 Contained

V2O5

Produced
V2O5
  (kt) (kt) (kt) (kt) (kt) (kt) (% V2O5) (mbls) (mbls)
YR1 3,002 2 2,573 424 2 3,000 0.298 17,877 10,915
YR2 3,072 72 2,025 974 1 3,000 0.320 19,221 12,297
YR3 3,117 117 766 2,185 50 3,000 0.401 24,059 16,293
YR4 3,096 96 2,423 577 0 3,000 0.227 13,602 8,638
YR5 3,081 81 1,096 1,862 42 3,000 0.281 16,881 11,252
YR6 3,011 11 395 2,158 447 3,000 0.292 17,519 11,824
YR7 5,943 2,943 641 1,817 542 3,000 0.224 13,447 8,926
YR8 4,232 1,232 308 960 1,732 3,000 0.178 10,657 6,409
YR9 3,203 203 591 44 2,365 3,000 0.187 11,214 6,121
YR10 3,067 67 3,000 0 0 3,000 0.364 21,857 12,999
YR11 4,191 1,191 3,000 0 0 3,000 0.218 13,057 7,922
YR12 518 121 397 0 0 397 0.177 1,405 870
YR13                 101
Total 39,533 6,136 17,215 11,000 5,183 33,397 0.271 180,794 114,568

Mining will be completed using contract mining, with Silver Elephant’s mining staff overseeing the contracted mining operation and performing the mine engineering and survey work.

The processing method envisioned will be to feed leach material from the mine via loader to a hopper that will feed a crushing plant. The leach material will be fed to the agglomerator where sulfuric acid, flocculent and water will be added to achieve adequate agglomeration. The agglomerated leach material will be transported to a stacker on the leach pad, which will stack the material to a height of 15 feet. Once the material is stacked, solution will be added to the leach heap at a rate of 0.0025 gallons per minute per square foot. The solution will be collected in a pond and this pregnant leach solution (“PLS”) will be sent to the process building for metal recovery.  In the process building, the PLS  will go through solvent extraction (“SX”) and stripping processes to produce vanadium pentoxide.

Capital and Operating Costs

During the capital period, an initial leach pad having a capacity of 16.7 Mst will be constructed, and will be followed by one expansion of approximately 16.7 Mst.  The total initial capital cost is estimated at approximately $147 million.

Project Capital Cost Estimate

Cost Description Total ($000s)
Open Pit Mine
Mobile equipment 122
On Site Infrastructure
Site preparation 2,740
Roads 1,577
Water supply 2,263
Sanitary system 69
On-site electrical 2,325
Communications 187
Contact water ponds 186
Non-process facilities – buildings 8,594
Process Facilities
Material handling 21,730
Heap leach system 22,033
Process plant 24,167
Off-Site Infrastructure
Water system 5,095
Electrical supply system 3,657
First fills 975
Total Direct Cost 95,720
Construction indirect costs 5,355
Sales Tax/OH&P 5,333
EPCM 11,178
Contingency 29,396
Total Project Cost 146,982

Note:  OH&P = overhead and profit, EPCM = engineering, procurement and construction management

Sustaining capital is estimated at $25.2 million.

Sustaining Capital Costs

Description Total ($000s)
Leach pad expansions 23,069
Haul road to Louie Hill 814
Storm water controls Louie Hill pit/waste rock facility/roads 386
Equipment annual allowance 971
Total Sustaining Capital 25,240

Operating costs are estimated to average $16.12 per ton leached, or $4.7/lb V2O5 recovered

Operating Costs

Total Cash Operating Cost $ per Ton Leached $ per lb of V2O5 Recovered
G&A 0.97 0.28
Mining Cost 3.36 0.98
Total Processing Cost 11.79 3.44
Total 16.12 4.70

The cash operating costs in the first half of the Gibellini project covering years 1–7 is $4.20 per lb of V2O5 produced and for years 8–12 is $5.87 per lb of V2O5 produced, resulting in a weighted average cash cost of $4.70 per lb of V2O5 produced and all-in sustaining cost of $6.04/lb. The cash operating cost is lower in the first half of the Gibellini project due to processing of higher-grade material.

Vanadium Recoveries and Metallurgical Testing

Approximately 114.6 million pounds of V2O5 is expected to be produced from the Gibellini and Louie Hill leaching operations at an average recovery of 63.4% (oxide: 60%, transition: 70% and reduced: 52%).  The heap leaching will be performed at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure without pre-roasting or other beneficiation process. The PLS will be continuously collected with leach material undergoing, on average, a 150 day heap-leaching cycle.

The direct heap leach vanadium recovery estimates used in the 2021 PEA were based on extensive metallurgical test work performed by SGS Lakefield Research Laboratories, Dawson Minerals Laboratories, and McClelland Laboratories. Samples were selected from a range of depths within the Gibellini deposit, and are considered to be representative of the various types and styles of mineralization within that deposit. Samples were obtained to ensure that tests were performed on sufficient sample mass. The end results demonstrated low acid consumption (less than 100 lb acid consumption per ton leached) and high recovery through direct leaching.

Solvent extraction processing was conducted to recover vanadium from sulfuric acid PLS generated during pilot column testing on bulk leach samples from the Gibellini project. Laboratory-scale testing was conducted on select solutions generated during the pilot SX processing, to optimize the SX processing conditions. Additional laboratory scale testing was successfully conducted on the loaded strip solution to purify, precipitate and extract final marketable vanadium-bearing products.

Sensitivity Analysis

The tables below show the sensitivity analysis to the vanadium pentoxide price, grade, and to the PEA capital cost and operating costs. A sensitivity analysis to vanadium price indicates strong project economics even in very challenging conditions, and that the Gibellini project is well positioned to benefit from the current rising vanadium price environment.  A 30% increase in the vanadium price to $13/lb V2O5 relative to the base case translates to a 42% IRR and $295.4 million after-tax net present value  at a 7% discount rate.

Sensitivity Analysis to Changes Vanadium Price

V2O5 Price Change V2O5 Price After-tax IRR After-tax NPV After-tax Cashflow
(%) (US$/lb) (%) (US$ M @ 7%) (US$ M)
45 14.50 49% 377.0 671.5
30 13.00 42% 295.4 536.8
15 11.50 34% 212.3 399.7
Base Case 10.00 25% 127.9 260.8
-15 8.50 14% 42.1 122.3
-30 7.00 0% (55.8) (38.9)
-45 5.50 0 (155.1) (202.0)

Sensitivity Analysis to Changes in Vanadium Grades

Grade Change After-tax IRR After-tax NPV After-tax Cashflow
(%) (%) (US$ M @ 7%) (US$ M)
45 48% 363.8 649.7
30 41% 286.6 522.2
15 34% 207.7 392.2
Base Case 25% 127.9 260.8
-15 15% 46.9 130.0
-30 0% (45.2) (21.4)
-45 0 (139.0) (175.5)

Sensitivity Analysis to Changes in Capital Cost Estimates

CAPX Change After-tax IRR After-tax NPV After-tax Cashflow
(%) (%) (US$ M @ 7%) (US$ M)
45 14% 69.2 197.5
30 17% 89.2 218.6
15 21% 108.6 239.7
Base Case 25% 127.9 260.8
-15 31% 146.9 281.9
-30 38% 165.8 303.0
-45 0 184.7 324.1

Sensitivity Analysis to Changes in Operating Cost Estimates OPEX

Change After-tax IRR After-tax NPV After-tax Cashflow
(%) (%) (US$ M @ 7%) (US$ M)
45 8% 3.6 50.6
30 15% 49.2 128.5
15 21% 89.2 195.3
Base Case 25% 127.9 260.8
-15 29% 166.4 326.7
-30 33% 203.7 390.7
-45 0 239.9 452.6

Permitting

A Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the Gibellini project was published on July 14, 2020 in the Federal Register. The NOI commences the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) review by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). The Gibellini project conforms to the current U.S. administrations green energy initiatives and the EIS Record Of Decision (“ROD”) is expected in early 2022. Operating permits from the State of Nevada are on track to be received on the same timeline as the ROD. The renewable energy alternative in the EIS includes 6 MW of solar panels and a 10 MW vanadium flow battery to provide 100% of the Gibellini project’s electrical power demand. If selected by the BLM, the Gibellini project would be the first mine in the US completely powered by renewable energy. The Gibellini project would also be the first primary vanadium mine in the U.S.

Vanadium as a Critical Metal

Vanadium was designated a critical material by the U.S. government in 2018 due to its importance to the defense and energy storage sectors and there being no domestic production with all supply through imports, mostly from Russia, China, and South Africa.

Vanadium alloy steel is 30% lighter than non-alloyed steel, with double the tensile strength. It is used extensively in the aerospace and defense sectors, as well as in skyscraper construction. A structural vanadium deficit is expected to occur by 2025 with the rising popularity of the vanadium redox flow battery which is a mature technology featuring up to an eight-hour duration discharge and is scalable to hundreds of megawatt hours.  Battery life is projected to be a minimum of 20 years with no expected degradation of the vanadium or the charge density.

Expansion Potential

Opportunity exists to upgrade the Gibellini, Louie Hill and Bisoni Mckay Inferred Mineral Resources to higher confidence categories through drilling, and to incorporate Bisoni McKay Mineral Resources in future economic studies.

The acquisition of the Bisoni McKay deposit in September of 2020 significantly expanded the Company’s land position from approximately 7 km of Woodruff Formation strike to 21 km .  The Woodruff Formation is the host of the vanadium mineralization in the three deposits. Numerous vanadium-bearing surface rocks were identified by the Company in its 2019 reconnssance program of surface exposures of the Woodruff Formation.   These may warrant drill programs upon further investigation (see Company’s press release dated May 26, 2019).

Data Verification

Data verification performed in support of the Mineral Resource estimates included in the technical report that supports the 2021 PEA included site visits; review of QA/QC data, sampling analytical data and drill campaigns; database verification; review of metallurgical data and metallurgical recovery assumptions including projected leach pad performance; review of mine and recovery plan assumptions; and review of commodity price, capital and operating cost assumptions

Qualified Persons

The following Qualified Persons (QPs) as defined in National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) reviewed the information in this news release that is summarized from the 2021 PEA in their areas of expertise:

Mr. Kirk Hanson, P.E., Wood, Technical Director, Open Pit Mining;

Mr. Todd Wakefield, RM SME, MTS, Managing Partner and Principal Geologist;

Mr. Piers Wendlandt, P.E., Wood, Principal Mining Engineer; and

Mr. Alan Drake, P.L.Eng., Wood, Manager Process Engineering.

Other technical contents of this news release not pertaining directly to the 2021 PEA were prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman P.Geo, VP, Exploration with Silver Elephant. Mr. Oosterman is not independent of the Company in that he is employed as a consultant to the Company and most of his income is derived from the Company. Mr. Oosterman is a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

About Wood

Wood is a part of the Wood Group, a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. The Wood Group operates in more than 60 countries, employing around 55,000 people, with revenues of over $10 billion.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in nickel, silver, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

Silver Elephant Mining Corp

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“JOHN LEE”

CEO and Chairman

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to future events or future performance and reflect current estimates, predictions, expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: (i) the 2021 PEA representing a viable development option for the Gibellini project; (ii) construction of minprojecting operations and related actions; (iii) estimates of the capital costs of constructing mine facilities and bringing a mine into production, of sustaining capital and the duration of financing payback periods; (iv) the estimated amount of future production, both produced and metal recovered; and (vi) life of mine estimates and estimates of operating costs and total costs, cash flow, net present value and economic returns including internal rate of return estimates from an operating mine constructed at the Gibellini project.  All forward-looking statements are based on Silver Elephant’s or its consultants’ current beliefs as well as various assumptions made by them and information currently available to them.  The most significant assumptions are set forth above, but generally these assumptions include: (i) the presence of and continuity of vanadium mineralization at the Gibellini project at estimated tonnages and grades; (ii) the geotechnical and metallurgical characteristics of rock conforming to sampled results; (iii) infrastructure construction costs and schedule; (iv) the availability of personnel, machinery and equipment at estimated prices and within the estimated delivery times; (v) currency exchange rates; (vi) vanadium sale prices; (vii) appropriate discount rates applied to the cash flows in the economic analysis; (viii) tax rates applicable to the proposed mining operation; (ix) the availability of acceptable financing on reasonable terms; (x) projected recovery rates and use of a process method, that although well-known and proven on other commodity types such as copper, has not been previously brought into production for a vanadium project; (xi) reasonable contingency requirements; (xii) success in realizing proposed operations; and (xiii) assumptions that project environmental approval and permitting will be forthcoming from county, state and federal authorities.  The economic analysis is partly based on Inferred Mineral Resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as Mineral Reserves, and there is no certainty that the2021  PEA based on these Mineral Resources will be realized. Currently there are no Mineral Reserves on the Gibellini property.  Although the Company’s management and its consultants consider these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to them, such assumptions may prove to be incorrect.  Many forward-looking statements are made assuming the correctness of other forward-looking statements, such as statements of net present value and internal rates of return, which are based on most of the other forward-looking statements and assumptions herein.  The cost estimate and economic analysis information was prepared using current values, but the time for incurring the costs will be in the future and it is assumed costs will remain stable over the relevant period.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on Silver Elephant’s or its consultants’ forward-looking statements.  Silver Elephant and its consultants believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct.  In addition, although Silver Elephant and its consultants have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.  Silver Elephant and its consultants undertake no obligation to release publicly any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Silver Elephant’s El Triunfo Grab Samples Assayed Up to 294 g/t Silver, Drilling at Pulacayo (Silver) Continues Past 1,972m


Vancouver, British Columbia, August 30, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to report the ongoing exploration at both the Pulacayo silver project and the El Triunfo gold-silver project in Bolivia are yielding  encouraging results as follows:

Pulacayo District Exploration (silver, lead, zinc)

Further to news dated June 21, 2021, Silver elephant has drilled 1,972 meters of its announced 2,000m drill program. Drilling has been completed at El Abra, Veta Quattro, and Pacamayo prospects identified through mapping and 2021 IP survey at Pulacayo District.  These are distant unexplored targets located up to 1km from the Pulacayo Tajo Vein System (“TVS”) whereat all of the historic production of 678 Moz occurred as reported by the National Geological and Mineral Service of Bolivia (SERGEOTECMIN)

Drilling at Pacamayo (1km north of the NI-43 101 Pulacayo resource that is upper part of TVS) has confirmed visual concentrations of galena, tetrahedrite and sphalerite between 490 to 560 meters depth matching a high IP chargeability, which extends beyond a depth of 500 meters and exceeds the IP depth detection limit.

The Company is currently drilling PUD 293 at the Pero area about 500 meters south of Pulacayo resource where an IP anomaly is detected at a depth between 250 to 500 meters. PUD293 is located 300 meters southwest of PUD286 (also outside of Pulacayo Resource) which intercepted 4meters of 393 g/t Ag, 3.79% Zn, 0.88%Pb at 148-meter downhole (see Company’s press release dated January 27, 2021).  The IP target for PUD 293 corresponds favorably to a mapped structure that strikes westward from PUD 286.

All prior Pulacayo drilling focused primarily on upper part of Pulacayo TVS and the Paca satellite deposit (7km north of TVS) which define the Pulacayo resource of an Indicated mineral category of 106.7 million oz of silver, 1,384.7 million pounds of zinc, and 693.9 million pounds of lead. The Indicated Pulacayo resource is 48 million tonnes grading 69g/t silver, 1.3% zinc, 0.7% lead based on over 100,000 meters of drilling. The resource calculation was completed by Mercator Geotechnical Services (refer to news release dated October 13, 2020).

It should be noted that the Pulacayo TVS showed up in the IP survey with high chargeability and medium resistivity, and that many of the IP anomalies such as Pacamayo in the survey carry very similar IP signatures to the TVS which is what makes these targets compelling.

Matrix Geotechnologies Limited of Canada has recently returned from a brief break to commence surveying at Paca as part of the expanded 108 line-km IP program which so far keeps on finding additional targets which the Company will assess for possible drilling.

El Triunfo project (gold silver lead zinc)

Silver Elephant has completed a 30 line-km IP survey at its El Triunfo project and has identified several IP anomalies. Of particular interest is an anomaly that extends 200m east of the artisanal workings where all prior exploration and drilling occurred.  The east anomaly measures 50 to 75m wide, and 200m along strike and appears to be 100 to 200 meters from surface. This anomaly is open to the east as the Company ground crew compiles remaining data to determine its full dimensions. This east anomaly has never been drilled and exhibits the same IP signature as prior drilled areas beneath the artisanal workings to the west.  Significant prior drill results at El Triunfo west are tabulated below as reference (refer further to news release dated November 25, 2020):

Hole ID From-To Length Au Ag Zn Pb AuEq
(m) (g/t) (g/t) % % (g/t)
TR006 40.0-76.0 36 0.49 15.46 0.54 0.44 0.97
including… 58.0-72.0 14 0.48 20.23 0.76 0.66 1.16
TR007 13.0-111.9 98.9 0.37 22.71 0.74 0.58 1.04
including… 63.0-111.9 48.9 0.42 35.49 1.17 0.83 1.45
TR008 6.8-84.0 77.3 0.31 17.65 0.57 0.53 0.85
including… 45.0-51.4 6.4 1.6 56.49 1.66 0.94 3.05

Gold equivalent calculation uses a gold price of $1,795, a zinc price of $0.93, a lead price of $0.80, and a silver price of $18.30 (all USD), and assumes a 100% metallurgical recovery. Gold equivalent values can be calculated using the following formula: AuEq = Au g/t + (Ag g/t x 0.0102) + (Zn % x 0.3551) + (Pb % x 0.3055). Based on core-angle measurements, true widths range from 54% to 65% of reported core length.

Significant assay results from a total of 74 surface samples, taken as part of the mapping program on this eastern extension, are tabulated below.

Sample No. Type Width (m) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Zn % Pb % AuEq (g/t)
3495 CHIP 0.6 4.3 173.0 0.07 2.50 6.8
3494 CHIP 1.0 2.4 34.4 0.12 0.55 3.0
3477 CHIP 1.1 2.3 44.9 5.88 6.57 6.9
6558 CHIP 2.4 1.9 1.1 0.00 0.00 1.9
6572 CHIP 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.00 0.00 1.4
3488 CHIP 1.0 0.9 8.0 0.00 0.00 1.0
3500 CHIP 2.2 0.9 187.0 4.48 5.40 6.0
6503 CHIP 1.0 0.7 15.4 0.32 1.00 1.3
3499 CHIP 2.6 0.7 38.0 0.06 1.03 1.4
6582 CHIP 0.3 0.7 294.0 2.09 6.11 6.3
3475 CHIP 3.0 0.5 124.0 0.90 4.74 3.5
6517 CHIP 1.1 0.3 24.0 3.08 0.76 1.9

Gold equivalent calculation uses a gold price of $1,795, a zinc price of $0.93, a lead price of $0.80, and a silver price of $18.30 (all USD), and assumes a 100% metallurgical recovery. Gold equivalent values can be calculated using the following formula: AuEq = Au g/t + (Ag g/t x 0.0102) + (Zn % x 0.3551) + (Pb % x 0.3055).

The grades are very similar to, and in some cases higher than the grades from previous grab samples in artisanal workings area to the west.

The IP anomaly correlate to the findings from the Company’s geological mapping program which demonstrates that both the sheeted vein system, and host rocks (Tertiary-aged black shales) to the polymetallic mineralization intercepted at prior El Triunfo drill holes, extend another 1.5km eastward.

So far, the identified mineralized strike on the project has expanded from 750m to 2.3km, the Company is working to prioritize drill targets based on all available information to commence October drilling.

Silver elephant looks forward to exploring and developing both Pulacayo and El Triunfo to their full potential with singular focus, in light of the Company’s recently announced plan to spin out its nickel and vanadium assets by year end as announced on August 26, 2021.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Silver Elephant adopts industry-recognized best practices in its implementation of QA/QC methods. A geochemical standard control sample and a blank sample are inserted into the sample stream at every 20th sample. Duplicates are taken at every 40th sample. Standards and duplicates (including lab duplicates and standards) are analyzed using Thompson-Howarth plots. Samples are shipped to ALS Global Laboratories in Ururo, Bolivia for preparation and then shipped to ALS Global laboratories in Lima, Peru for analysis. Samples are analyzed using an aqua regia digestion with super trace ICP-MS analysis. Gold is analyzed with optimized fire assay and atomic absorption spectroscopy.

The ALS Laboratories sample management system meets all the requirements of International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015. All ALS geochemical hub laboratories are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for specific analytical procedures.

All samples are taken from HQ-diameter core and split in half by a diamond-blade masonry saw. One-half of the core is submitted for laboratory analysis and the other half is preserved for reference at the Company’s secured core facility. Prior to sampling, all core is geotechnically analyzed and photographed and then logged by geologists.

Qualified Persons

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration for Silver Elephant. Mr. Oosterman is a “qualified person” as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and is not independent of the Company as this term is defined under NI 43-101.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.,

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:
+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101
ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Silver Elephant Announces Creation of New Royalty Focused Subsidiary and Grant of 2% Royalty of Company’s Mining Projects


Vancouver, British Columbia, August 26, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces that it has entered into 2% royalty agreements (the “Royalty Agreements”) whereby the Company now holds a 2% royalty over each of the Company’s key projects (the “Royalties”), and, in connection with the previously announced spin-out and plan of arrangement of the Company (the “Arrangement”), such Royalties will be transferred into a newly incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company named Battery Metals Royalties Corp. (“Battery Metals Royalties”).

Pursuant to the Royalty Agreements and in connection with the Arrangement, Silver Elephant and its subsidiaries shall place the Royalties, which primarily consists of 2% net smelter return royalty over the Company’s Minago nickel project, 2% royalty over the Company’s Gibellini vanadium project, and 2% net smelter return royalty over the Company’s Pulacayo silver project, into Battery Metals Royalties.

In all but one case, the Royalties are payable to Battery Metals Royalties only when the price of the underlying metal in the mining project has been reached (“Threshold Prices”). The Threshold Prices have been set well above current metal prices by design to minimize the Royalties’ impact on future mine construction decisions.

Project, all 100% Country 43-101 Resource(1)

 

Royalty Payment,

Threshold Price(8)

Minago Nickel Manitoba, Canada 722 million lbs Ni (I)(2)

319 million lbs Ni (Inf) (2)

2%

when Nickel is over $15/lb

Gibellini Vanadium Nevada,

USA

131 million lbs V2O5 (M&I) (3)

94 million lbs V2O5 (Inf) (3)

2%

when V2O5 is over $12/lb

Pulacayo Silver-Lead-Zinc Potosi, Bolivia 107million oz Ag (I) (4)

1,410 million lbs Zn (I) (4)

690 million lbs Pb (I) (4)

2%

when Silver is over $30/oz

El Triunfo Gold-Silver Bolivia N/A 2%

when Silver is over $30/oz

Titan Iron Vanadium Canada 434 million lbs V2O5 (Inf) (5) 2%

when V2O5 is over $12/lb

Ulaan Ovoo Coal

Chandgana Coal

Mongolia 20.7 million tonnes (Proven) (6)

124 million tonnes (Measured) (7)

$2 per tonne of coal sold

no Threshold Price

Notes:

  • Measured (M) Indicated (I), Inferred (Inf)
  • Minago resource completed by Mercator Technical Services and AGP Mining Consultant, refer to news release dated July 6th, 2021.
  • Gibellini resource completed by Wood, Plc, refer to news release dated May 29th, 2018.
  • Pulacayo resource completed by Mercator Geotechnical Services refer to news release dated October 13th, 2020.
  • Titan resource completed by Mine Development Associates refer to news release dated November 8, 2017
  • Ulaan Ovoo resource completed by Wardrop refer to news release dated December 16, 2010
  • Chandgana resource completed by John T. Boyd Company refer to news April 3, 2014
  • Dollars valued in USD

It is expected that upon completion of the Arrangement, Battery Metals Royalties will be managed by John Lee, CFA. Mr. Lee has over 20 years of experience in metals and mining. Battery Metals Royalties will focus on mining investments in nickel, vanadium, silver, copper, and gold, and seek to leverage Mr. Lee’s extensive network to locate opportunities before they become mainstream.

In the past decade, Mr. Lee visited well over 50 mining projects around the world and led Silver Elephant in the acquisition of over 15 mining properties in Canada, US, Bolivia, and Asia. Mr. Lee has helped raised over $120 million in equity financings for Silver Elephant, a skill which he will apply to grow Battery Metal Royalties.

Qualified Persons

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration for Silver Elephant. Mr. Oosterman is a “qualified person” as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and is not independent of the Company as this term is defined under NI 43-101.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

 SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:
+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These forward‐looking statements, may involve, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future events or future performance, the completion and structure of the Arrangement, the realization of the anticipated benefits deriving from the Company’s or Battery Metals Royalties’ investments, the general performance of the assets of the Company and Battery Metals Royalties, and the results of exploration, development and production activities as well as expansions projects relating to the properties of the Company and/or in which the Company and/or Battery Metals Royalties will hold a royalty, stream or other interest.  Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions, including, without limitation, management’s perceptions of historical trends; current conditions; expected future developments;  the  ongoing  operation  of  the  properties  of the Company and/or in which the Company and/or Battery Metals Royalties will hold a royalty,  stream  or  other  interest  by the  operators  of  such properties  in  a  manner  consistent  with  past  practice;  the  accuracy  of  public  statements  and  disclosures  made  by  the  operators of such underlying  properties;  no  material  adverse  change  in  the  market  price  of  the  commodities  that  underlie  the  asset  portfolio;  no  adverse development in respect of any significant property of the Company and/or in which the Company and/or Battery Metals Royalties will hold a royalty, stream or other interest; the accuracy of expectations for the development of underlying properties that are not yet in production; and the absence of any other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward‐looking statements are not guarantees of performance.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended.

For additional information with respect to these and other factors and assumptions underlying the forward‐looking statements made in this press release, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the most recent Annual Information Form of the Company which is filed with the Canadian securities commissions and available electronically under the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company’s Form 20-F annual report for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the U.S. Securities and  Exchange  Commission  and  available  electronically  under  the Company’s issuer  profile  on  EDGAR  at  www.sec.gov.  The  forward‐looking statements set forth herein reflect the Company’s expectations as at the date of this press release and are subject to change after such date. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

None of the securities to be issued pursuant to the Arrangement have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and any securities issuable in the transaction are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. 

Silver Elephant Announces Execution of Plan of Arrangement and Spin-Out of Nickel and Vanadium Assets


Vancouver, British Columbia, August 26, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces that it has executed a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) pursuant to which, it shall (the “Arrangement”): (i) as disclosed in a Company press release dated August 26, 2021, transfer certain royalties presently held by the Company in certain projects of the Company to Battery Metals Royalties Corp. (“Battery Metals Royalties”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; and (ii) spin-out its Manitoba based Minago Nickel project (“Minago”), its Nevada based Gibellini Vanadium project (“Gibellini”), and Battery Metals Royalties each into its own entity (each a “SpinCo”). In connection with the Arrangement, the Company shall distribute shares of each SpinCo to the Company’s shareholders (“Shareholders”).

Pursuant to the Arrangement, it is currently expected that each Shareholder will receive one share of the Minago SpinCo, one share of the Gibellini SpinCo, and two Battery Metals Royalties SpinCo shares for every share of Silver Elephant held by such Shareholder on the record date for the Arrangement (the “Record Date”). Subject to receipt of required Shareholder, court, regulatory, Toronto Stock Exchange and other approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions, the Arrangement is expected to close in December, 2021.

The share distribution offers Shareholder direct participation in the growth and upside in each of the four companies’ businesses (silver mining, vanadium mining, nickel mining, and royalty investments). Following completion of the Arrangement, each SpinCo is expected to aim to list on a Canadian securities exchange to enhance their respective share trading liquidity, price discovery and facilitate equity financings to support future business expansion.

The Company cautions there can be no assurance that the Arrangement will be completed on the terms described herein or that the proposed public listings of the SpinCos will be completed.

Further Details on the Plan of Arrangement

Subject to adjustment, it is presently expected that following completion of the Arrangement, Silver Elephant securityholders (common share, option, and warrant) on the Record Date shall, assuming exercise of all convertible securities (warrants and options) of Silver Elephant in accordance with their terms, collectively hold approximately 55% of the shares of the Minago SpinCo, 55% of the shares of the Gibellini SpinCo, and 70% of the shares of the Battery Metals Royalties SpinCo.

Upon completion of the Arrangement, subject to adjustment, it is expected that Silver Elephant convertible securityholders  will receive, in addition to each share of Silver Elephant to be received upon exercise of their convertible security in accordance with their terms, one share of Minago SpinCo, one share of Gibellini SpinCo and two shares of Battery Metals Royalties SpinCo. Such shares of the SpinCos to be issued to the convertible securityholders of Silver Elephant shall be held in escrow for such convertible securityholders by Silver Elephant to be issued upon exercise.

The remaining non-escrowed Minago SpinCo shares (approximately 45%), and Gibellini SpinCo (approximately 45%) held by Silver Elephant will be transferred to Battery Metals Royalties in connection with the completion of the Arrangement.

All amounts referenced herein are estimates and may be subject to adjustment for changes to the capitalization of Silver Elephant securities prior to the Record Date. As of August 25, 2021, Silver Elephant has 209,477,539 shares and 26,300,250 warrants and options issued and outstanding.

The Company expects to apply for an interim order from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, authorizing the Company to call a shareholder meeting (“Meeting”) to be held on or before December 10, 2021, or such other date as may be determined by the Company, to approve the Arrangement, which requires a special resolution of the Shareholders passed by at least two-thirds of the votes cast by Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting. Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each Silver Elephant share held.

Further details regarding the Arrangement will be contained in an information circular of the Company to be mailed to Shareholders in connection with the Meeting (the “Circular”).

After careful consideration, the Board of Directors has unanimously determined that the Arrangement is in the best interest of the Company. A description of the various factors in arriving at this determination will be provided in the Circular.

Business Description

Upon completion of the Arrangement, it is presently expected that:

  • Silver Elephant will hold the Pulacayo silver and El Triunfo gold-silver projects in Bolivia, and approximately 30% of the issued and outstanding Battery Metals Royalty shares as a long-term investment.
  • Gibellini SpinCo will hold the Gibellini vanadium project in Nevada.
  • Minago SpinCo will hold the Minago nickel project at Thompson nickel belt in Manitoba.
  • Battery Metals Royalties will hold 2% royalties of all the assets referenced above and, subject to adjustment, approximately 45% of outstanding Gibellini SpinCo and Minago SpinCo shares as long-term investments.

Please refer to the Company’s press release dated August 26, 2021, regarding the details of the Battery Metals Royalties 2% royalties.

Silver Elephant

Following completion of the Arrangement, it is presently expected that Silver Elephant will be managed by Joaquin Merino P.Geo as VP Exploration, Robert Van Drunen as Interim COO, and John Lee as CEO. Mr Lee maintains a strong focus on silver and has spent the majority of his time in Bolivia since 2015 managing all aspects of the Company’s Pulacayo project.

On October 13, 2020, Silver Elephant announced the Mineral Resource Estimate prepared by Mercator Geological Services of its 100% controlled Pulacayo project which includes an Indicated Mineral Resource of 106.7 million oz of silver, 1,384.7 million pounds of zinc, and 693.9 million pounds of lead, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 13.1 million oz of silver, 122.8 million pounds of zinc and 61.9 million pounds of lead. The Indicated Resource is 48 million tonnes grading 69g/t silver, 1.3% zinc, 0.7% lead based on over 100,000 meters of drilling. Silver Elephant’s wholly owned Bolivian subsidiary has invested over US$30 million at the Pulacayo Project on exploration, technical studies, mine development, and environmental permitting since 2006.

Pulacayo Project Resource Estimate Oct 13, 2020
Deposit Category k Tonnes Ag M oz Zn M lbs Pb M lbs
Pulacayo Indicated 26,350 70.2 903.7 386.0
Inferred 1,670 7.2 71.8 18.4
Paca Indicated 21,690 37.0 485.8 304.2
Inferred 3,395 6.0 51.1 43.7
Total Indicated 48,040 106.7 1,384.7 690.2
Inferred 5,065 13.1 122.8 61.9

The Pulacayo Project consists of the Pulacayo Deposit and Paca Deposit (7km north of Pulacayo deposit). Pulacayo is within driving distance from Sumitomo Corporation’s San Cristobal silver mine, New Pacific’s Silver Sands discovery, and Pan American Silver Corp.’s San Vicente silver mine.

The Pulacayo and Paca Deposits are interpreted to be low-to-intermediate sulphidation epithermal deposits. The Pulacayo Deposit occurs within the Tertiary age Pulacayo volcanic dome complex that consists of older sedimentary rocks of the Silurian Quenhua Formation and the intruding andesitic volcanic rocks of the Rothchild and Megacristal units. Mineralization hosted by volcanic rocks can be tens of meters in thickness and typically consists of discrete veins plus stockworks of narrow veins and veinlets that occur within argillic alteration host rock envelopes. Veins are commonly banded in texture and can contain semi-massive to massive sulphides. The primary minerals of economic importance at Pulacayo are tetrahedrite, galena and sphalerite. There are also silver sulfosalts and native silver which contribute to deposit silver grades. Mineralization is controlled by an east-west oriented normal fault system which links two northeast trending, steeply dipping, regional strike slip faults.

Pulacayo Drill Hole Highlights

Pulacayo from  (m) int (m) Ag (g/t) Pb(%) Zn %
PUD005 96.2 – 108.0 11.9 689 1.9 1.4
PUD007 70.0 – 96.8 26.8 517 2.3 4.2
PUD057 374.0 – 378.0 4.0 1,184 0.8 2.3
PUD069 281.0 – 294.0 13.0 624 2.1 4.2
PUD109 293.6 – 298.4 4.8 3,607 3.8 4.1
PUD118 174.0 – 184.0 10.0 1,248 1.7 2.6
PUD134 128.2 – 151.5 23.3 514 1.3 1.9
PUD150 290.0 – 302.0 11.2 882 0.4 0.6
PUD159 343.0 – 354.0 11.0 790 0.6 0.6
PUD170 237.0 – 239.0 2.0 3,163 0.1 0.9

Reported widths are core-interval widths and not true
widths. True widths have not determined.

Historic Pulacayo mine production was predominantly from the Tajo vein system (TVS) which extends over a strike length of more than 2.5 km and down dip 1,000 meters. Resource drilling spans 1.4 km mineralized strike and extends down dip 400 meters from the surface. It covered an area that’s approximately 30% of TVS. There is the potential of discovering additional resources by drilling along the strike and at depth.

Silver Elephant is currently carrying out a 2,000 meter drill program at Pulacayo to test several IP anomalies with assay results expected in September 2021.

On July 13, 2020, the Company acquired the El Triunfo Gold-Silver-Lead-Zinc Project in La Paz District, Bolivia (“Triunfo Project”). The Triunfo Project area covers approximately 256 hectares which is located 75km to the east of the city of La Paz, Bolivia. On August 19, 2020, Silver Elephant received the  assay results from the Company’s first diamond drill program where TR007 intercepted 48.9 meters of mineralization grading 0.42 g/t gold, 35.5 g/t silver, 1.17% zinc, and 0.83% lead within 98.9 meters of mineralization grading 0.37 g/t Au, 22.7 g/t Ag, 0.74% zinc, and 0.58% lead starting 13.0 meters downhole. The company is currently conducting geological mapping and induced polarization surveys (IP). Triunfo drilling is tentatively scheduled for Q4 of 2021.

Minago SpinCo

Following completion of the Arrangement, it is presently expected that Minago SpinCo will be managed by Danniel Oosterman P.Geo as interim CEO, and Robert Van Drunen as COO. Mr. Van Drunen was the senior project manager at Vale’s Thompson operation. The board of directors of Minago SpinCo will consist of Mark Scott, John Lee, and Ron Espell. Mr. Scott was former head of Vale’s Manitoba Operations.

The Company announced the results of a new mineral resource estimate (“MRE”) by Mercator Geotechnical Services and AGP Mining Consultants for its 100% owned flagship Minago Nickel Project (“Minago Project”) in Manitoba’s Thompson Nickel Belt (“TNB”) in Canada on July 6, 2021

The MRE includes a Measured and Indicated mineral resource of 722 million lbs of contained nickel and an Inferred mineral resource of 319 million lbs of contained nickel grading 0.74% nickel based on over 70,000 meters of drilling.

Minago Project Mineral Resource Estimate July 2, 2021
Type Category k Tonnes Ni % Ni M lbs
Open Pit Measured Indicated 23,940 0.71 374.3
Inferred 2,070 0.57 26.0
Underground Measured Indicated 20,290 0.77 345.0
Inferred 17,480 0.76 292.9
Combined Measured Indicated 44,230 0.74 721.6
Inferred 19,550 0.74 318.9

All resources occur within a mineral lease that is surrounded by 94 mineral claims plus a second mineral lease held by the Company, comprising a total area of 197 km2

The Minago Project has been historically the subject of over $40 million in exploration, feasibility study and environmental permitting expenditures by various previous interests since early 2000, the most recent of these being by Victory Nickel Inc.

Minago Drill Hole Highlights

Hole No From (m) To (m) Int (m) Ni%
V-10-11 161.5 353.2 191.7 0.51
V-10-16 176.0 320.3 144.3 0.85
V-08-06 537.7 676.7 139.0 0.73
V-08-06 132.2 265.3 133.1 0.62
V-10-15 109.5 228.0 118.5 0.82
V-08-04B 361.7 471.0 109.2 0.76
N-05-01 143.7 251.0 107.3 0.80
MXB-71-94 177.4 282.2 104.9 0.73
V-10-26 269.2 358.8 89.5 0.86
NM-06-02 293.3 364.2 70.9 1.21
N-05-01 325.3 391.2 65.9 1.08
V-10-18 351.0 409.1 58.1 1.67
B-12A-89 322.2 372.5 50.3 1.23
V-08-01 452.2 490.6 38.4 1.51

Reported widths are core-interval widths and not true
widths. True widths have not determined.

In August 2011, the Minago Project achieved a major milestone when the Environment Act License (“EAL”) was issued by the Province of Manitoba. The prior operator of the project subsequently filed a Notice of Alteration (“NOA”) to the EAL in December 2013, related to relocation of the tailings management area to address First Nation concerns. Silver Elephant has re-engaged the Manitoba Government regarding the NOA status for the 10,000 tonne-per-day open-pit mining operation at Minago. The Agriculture and Resource Development Department (“ARDD”) has confirmed that the NOA can still be completed and the Company is currently working with ARDD to finalize the NOA approval, leading to issuance of an updated Environment Act License, which is expected by the end of 2021.

A socioeconomic assessment was conducted and the prior operator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with First Nation groups in 2008. The Company is re-engaging the First Nations with traditional territories that include the project site to work toward renewal of the MOUs in 2021.

Several initiatives are being considered or taken to minimize the carbon footprint of potential future mining operation at Minago. For mining, the Company will examine the use of a fully electric mine fleet. For ore and waste processing, the crushing, milling and flotation processes would be powered by renewable hydroelectricity, which accounts for 97% of all electricity generation in Manitoba.

The Agriculture and Resource Development Department (“ARDD”) has expressed support for the Minago Project, which would supply much needed Class 1 high-purity nickel to make nickel-lithium batteries used in electric vehicles.

Gibellini SpinCo

Following completion of the Arrangement, it is presently expected that Gibellini SpinCo will be managed by Ron Espell as CEO. Mr. Espell was the corporate environmental director of McEwen Mining Inc. where he led his team to obtain the Gold Bar project’s EIS approval from the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). Mr. Espell was former regional environmental director Australia Pacific with Barrick Gold Corp., where he spent 17 years of his career.

Silver Elephant’s 100% owned Gibellini Project is located in Nevada, USA, with a preliminary economic assessment study (PEA) by Wood Plc announced on May 29, 2018 which demonstrates an after-tax Internal Rate of Return of 36%, and after-tax cumulative cash flow of $333 million, assuming an average vanadium pentoxide price (V2O5) of $10.18 per pound (V2O5 price is currently $9.6/lb according to AsianMetals.com). The Gibellini Mineral Resource Estimate includes a Measured and Indicated mineral resource of 131.3 million lbs of contained V2O5 and an Inferred mineral resource of 93.8 million lbs of contained V2O5. Gibellini has received over $40million in investments since early 2000.

The Gibellini project is designed to be an open pit, heap leach operation in Nevada’s Battle Mountain region (25km south of Eureka) with initial capital cost of $117 million, average annual production is 9.65 million pounds of V2O5 , at Cash Operating Cost of $4.77 per pound with strip ratio of 0.17 to 1.

Gibellini Project Mineral Resource Estimate May 29, 2018
Deposit Category k Tons V205 % V205 M lb
Gibellini Measured
Indicated
22,950 0.29 131.3
Inferred 14,970 0.18 52.3
Louie Hill Inferred 7,520 0.28 41.5

Gibellini Drill Hole Highlights

HoleID From (m) To (m) Meters %V2O5
T-38 3.05 45.72 42.7 0.755
NG-47 28.96 39.62 10.7 1.005
NG-12 24.38 45.72 21.3 0.857

Reported widths are core-interval widths and not true
widths. True widths have not determined.

 Highlights of 2018 PEA (after tax)

Average annual production 9.65 million lbs V2O5
Operating cash cost $4.77 per lb V2O5
Capex including 25% contingency $116.76 million
Strip ratio 0.17 waste to leach material
Mining operating rate 10,000 tpd
V2O5 heap leach recovery rate 62%
Life of mine 13.5 years
V2O5 $/lb After-tax IRR After-tax NPV @7% After-tax cashflow
$12.73 51% $338M $600.4M
$10.18 36% $183M $333M
$8.91 26% $103M $197M

A Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the Gibellini Project was published on July 14, 2020 in the Federal Register. The NOI commences the 12-month timeline according to Instructional Memorandum 2021- 022 based on Secretarial Order 3355, to complete the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) review by the BLM. There was a delay due to transition to new administration and incorporating an additional alternative to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The project conforms to the current US administrations green energy initiatives and the EIS Record Of Decision (ROD) is expected in early 2022. Operating permits from the State of Nevada are on track to be received on the same timeline as the ROD. The renewable energy alternative in the EIS includes 6MW of solar panels and a 10MW vanadium flow battery to provide 100% of the projects electrical power demand. If selected by the BLM, Gibellini would be the first mine in the US completely powered by renewable energy. The Gibellini mine would also be the first primary vanadium mine in the U.S.

Vanadium was designated a critical material by the U.S. government in 2018 due to its importance to the defense and energy storage sectors and there being no domestic production with all supply through imports, mostly from Russia, China, and South Africa. Vanadium alloy steel is 30% lighter with double the tensile strength of non-alloyed steel. It’s used extensively in the aerospace and defense sectors, as well as skyscraper construction. A structural vanadium deficit is expected to occur by 2025 with the rising popularity of the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery which is a mature technology featuring up to an 8 hour duration discharge and is scalable to hundreds of megawatt hours.  Battery life is a minimum of 20 years with no degradation of the vanadium or the charge density.

Opportunity exists to upgrade the Gibellini, Louie Hill inferred resource to higher confidence level by drilling.

Further, the acquisition of the Bisoni McKay property in September of 2020 significantly expanded the Company’s land position from 7km of strike to 21km covering Woodruff Formation that is the host of vanadium mineralization. Numerous vanadium-bearing surface rocks have been sampled by the Company in areas along the strike in its 2019 reconnaissance program which may develop into future drill targets upon further investigation (see Company’s press release dated May 26, 2019).

Battery Metals Royalties SpinCo

Following completion of the Arrangement, it is presently expected that Battery Metals Royalties SpinCo will be managed by John Lee, CFA. Mr. Lee brings over 20 years of experience in metals and mining. With valuations anchored by its holdings in royalties and shares of each of Gibellini SpinCo and Minago SpinCo, Battery Metals Royalties will focus on further mining investments in nickel, vanadium, silver, copper, and gold leveraging Mr. Lee’s extensive network with the aim of locating opportunities before they become mainstream.

In the past decade, Mr. Lee visited well over 50 mining projects around the world and led Silver Elephant acquiring over 15 mining properties in Canada, US, Bolivia, and Asia. Mr. Lee has helped raised over $120 million in equity financings for Silver Elephant, a skill which he will apply to grow Battery Metal Royalties.

Additional management and directors will be appointed in each SpinCo as may be prudent in connection with the Arrangement.

While it is currently expected that each SpinCo will aim to list on a Canadian securities exchange following completion of the Arrangement, there is no guarantee that any such SpinCo will be able to meet initial listing requirements or that listing will be in the economic best interests of such SpinCo immediately following the Arrangement. Listing is subject to the applicable rules and policies of the respective exchange.

Qualified Persons

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration for Silver Elephant. Mr. Oosterman is a “qualified person” as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and is not independent of the Company as this term is defined under NI 43-101.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in silver, nickel, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:
+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These forward‐looking statements, may involve, but are not limited to, statements with respect to future events or future performance, the completion and structure of the Arrangement, anticipated shareholder, court and regulatory approvals, the realization of the anticipated benefits deriving by any entity from the Arrangement or from the Company’s or any SpinCo’s assets or investments, the general performance of the assets of the Company and any SpinCo, and the results of exploration, development and production activities as well as expansions projects relating to the properties of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest.  Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions, including, without limitation, management’s perceptions of historical trends; current conditions; expected future developments;  the  ongoing  operation  of  the  properties  of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty,  stream  or  other  interest  by the  operators  of  such properties  in  a  manner  consistent  with  past  practice;  the  accuracy  of  public  statements  and  disclosures  made  by  the  operators of such underlying  properties;  no  material  adverse  change  in  the  market  price  of  the  commodities  that  underlie  the  asset  portfolio;  no  adverse development in respect of any significant property of the Company and/or any SpinCo and/or in which the Company and/or any SpinCo will hold a royalty, stream or other interest; the accuracy of expectations for the development of underlying properties that are not yet in production; and the absence of any other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward‐looking statements are not guarantees of performance.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended.

For additional information with respect to these and other factors and assumptions underlying the forward‐looking statements made in this press release, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the most recent Annual Information Form of the Company which is filed with the Canadian securities commissions and available electronically under the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company’s Form 20-F annual report for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the U.S. Securities and  Exchange  Commission  and  available  electronically  under  the Company’s issuer  profile  on  EDGAR  at  www.sec.gov.  The  forward‐looking statements set forth herein reflect the Company’s expectations as at the date of this press release and are subject to change after such date. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

None of the securities to be issued pursuant to the Arrangement have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and any securities issuable in the transaction are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. 

Silver Elephant Announces Filing of Technical Report for the Minago Nickel Project in Thompson, Manitoba


Vancouver, British Columbia, August 23, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or the “Company”) (TSX:ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated July 6, 2021, it has filed its independent Technical Report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Minago Nickel Project” (the “Report”) with a report date of August 20, 2021 and an effective date of July 2, 2021. The Report was prepared by Mercator Geological Services Limited. AGP Mining Consultants Inc. provided pit optimization and associated services. Stantec Consulting Ltd.  provided site visit and professional support on environmental permitting review. The report has been filed under the Company’s profile on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining company of battery metals.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“JOHN LEE”

CEO & Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 EXT. 101

IR@silverelef.com

www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Silver Elephant Appoints Peter Lightfoot as Technical Advisor for its Minago Nickel Project in the Thompson Nickel Belt


Vancouver, British Columbia, July 19, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX:ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Peter C. Lightfoot as a technical advisor for its Minago nickel project in the Thompson nickel belt in Canada.

Dr. Peter C. Lightfoot, P.Geo. is an Independent Consultant to the global minerals industry and is the founder/owner of Lightfoot Geoscience Inc., a consulting company providing services to companies exploring for magmatic nickel ore deposits. During a 20-year career as a geologist with Inco and Vale he was responsible for nickel exploration at Voisey’s Bay, Sudbury and Carajas. Peter was also involved in project generation, evaluation and technical support in Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia, Finland, China, India, Australia, Brazil, Angola, South Africa and the United States.

In 2016, Peter published the first comprehensive textbook on the Ni-Cu-precious metal ore deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex. Also in 2016, he compiled and edited a special volume on gold deposits of China, published in Ore Geology Reviews. In 2017, Dr. Lightfoot was appointed as the Hutchinson Visiting Industry Professor at the University of Western Ontario, where he is now an Adjunct Professor. Peter received his B.A. in Earth Sciences from Oxford in 1980, his M.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto in 1982 and his Ph.D from the Open University (U.K.) in 1985. He completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto and undertook extensive research on the geology and geochemistry of the Noril’sk ore deposits during his tenure as an Adjunct Professor.

Dr. Lightfoot will assist the Company with Minago exploration and nickel property evaluation for staking and acquisition in the Thompson nickel belt.

About the Minago Project

The Minago Project is located in the southern part of Manitoba’s Thompson Nickel Belt (“TNB”), which is the fifth largest sulphide nickel belt in the world based on contained nickel endowment, containing over 18 nickel deposits and over 5 billion lbs of nickel production since 1959. (Naldrett, A.J., 2004, Magmatic Sulfide Deposits; Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 725 p.).

On July 6, 2021, Silver Elephant announced Mineral Resource Estimate for Minago prepared by Mercator and AGP with an effective date of July 2, 2021 that includes a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 722 million lbs of nickel, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 319 million lbs of nickel at an average grade of 0.74% nickel (mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability). The Minago Project has received over $40 million in investment since early 2000.

Manitoba Provincial Highway 6 and a high-voltage (230 kV) transmission line both transect the Minago project. Minago has been demonstrated to produce a 22.3% nickel concentrate based on representative feed of 0.54% nickel through extensive metallurgical testing by SGS. Vale currently produces nickel concentrates in Thompson at the heart of the TNB, 270 km northeast of the Minago project. Its nickel concentrates are shipped to its Sudbury smelter for processing to refined nickel.

Qualified Persons

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration. Mr. Oosterman is not independent of the Company in that he is employed by it. Mr. Oosterman is a qualified person (“QP”) as defined by the guidelines in NI 43-101.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier mining and exploration company in nickel, silver, and vanadium.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

John Lee
Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:
+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Invest in Energy Metals to Profit from Coming Electrification Revolution


July 7, 2021 by John Lee, CFA, Twitter https://twitter.com/johnlee25893955

  • Electricity demand growth rate could double with adoption of electric vehicles
  • Renewables led the growth in power production to fuel the consumption
  • Metals such as silver, vanadium, and nickel are critical to make solar panels and batteries, mining companies also stand to benefit

Electric vehicle adoption boost power consumption growth

Electricity consumption is growing at an annualized rate of 3% a year (China has the highest rate at 10%) from 2000 to 2018.


Source: Global Energy Statistical Year Book 2020

Despite China’s economic progress, its electricity consumption per capita is still half that of the US. Meanwhile India, the world’s most populous nation, consumes 1/10 the electricity per capital compared to the US. This means the growth trend is going to accelerate especially as more people own smart phones, and drive electric cars.


Source: Wikipedia

Electric vehicle sales make up about 2% of the worldwide car sales. That percentage is expected to grow to over 20% in 10 years.


Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance

But just what is the increase in one’s overall electricity consumption by owning and driving a Tesla?

A Tesla Model-3 owner with 10,000 miles of annual driving will consume an extra 15% electricity, based on the average US per capital electricity consumption of 12,154 kwh, and a Model 3 Tesla standard range of 50kwh per 263 miles.

Renewables: Fastest growing energy source to meet demand

In order to meet an annual global increase of 3% electricity consumption the world would need to build the equivalent of 100 modern nuclear plants. per year which has never happened given the excessive cost ($10 billion), and time (10 years) just to build a single plant. For that reason, the US and many other countries have chosen and implemented renewable energy with battery storage to supply the power needed by the world economy.



Source: Worldenergydata.org

Skeptics of renewable energy such as solar power, often point to perceived renewable shortcomings such as space, cost, and availability.

Space: With improved technology especially on yields, 1km2 of solar panels can now generate approximately 1GW of electricity. Theoretically a solar farm of 400km2 (approx. 1/500 the size of Utah) can power the entire US for 35 years.


Solar Farm at Gobi desert Source: BARCROFT MEDIA/GETTY IMAGES

Cost: The cost of solar panels which includes materials such as silicon, plastics, and metals is down 70% since 2010 due to greater efficiencies in manufacturing, and advances in technology to improved yields. For example, in 2015 it took 50 grams of silver to create a solar panel ;

now a solar panel takes only 20 grams of silver. Similarly, the average cost of utility-scale batteries has come down more than 70% in the last 10 years.


Source: Rameznaam.com

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted that battery storage systems are increasingly paired with renewables to improve availability. The world’s largest solar-powered battery (409 MW, delivering 900 megawatt-hours of energy – enough to power Disney World for approximately seven hours – and will be the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system.) is under construction at Manatee Solar Energy Center in Florida and is scheduled to be operational by late 2021.

Lastly, solar critics point to the waste hazard left behind after solar panels exhaust their shelf-life, yet they ignore that solar panels are packing more energy density with fewer materials and requiring less space. Those panels can now last 35 years and recycling panels may be made easier one day through smart designs and new materials with human ingenuity, Comparatively, solar panel scraps are easier to handle than radioactive waste from nuclear plants.


Source: US Energy Information Administration

One factor often overlooked that improves the availability and utilization of renewable energy is modern ultra-high-voltage transmission lines which can transmit Gigawatts of power over thousands of miles with minor power loss across time zones, state or country borders, or even continents

According to Bloomberg, in December 2020, China completed a $3.45 billion, 970-mile-long, 800-kilovolt UHVDC line to carry solar- and wind-generated power from the high Tibetan plains to China’s population centers. That was followed by the construction of a 1,100kv cable that can transmit up to 12 GW of power from the deserts and mountains of Xinjiang province to the doorstep of Shanghai, almost 2,000 miles east.


Source: Bloomberg

How do you profit from this electrification revolution?

One can compete with Elon Musk in making electric cars and solar panels, or battle with Panasonic in making nickel-lithium batteries. I prefer to invest in silver, nickel, and vanadium, (i.e., energy metals) which are essential materials for world electrification.

Case for silver:

Solar panels account for approximately 10% of silver usage .


Source: SPGlobal

Case for vanadium:

To store the power from large solar farms, thousands of vanadium battery farms are created which can store hundreds of MWh of power that can be discharged over 8-hour long duration at night. Vanadium flow batteries are rugged, they can last 20 years without degradation and be built next to large solar or wind farms.


Source: Sumitomo Electric

Case for nickel:

Tesla is expected to become the first automaker to use LG’s new NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum) battery cells this month, which have a 90% nickel composition (up from 60% nickel reducing cobalt by 70%). In addition to this, nickel-cathode lithium batteries are a mature, safe technology that has continuously been improved to hold more energy density (over 600 Wh/L, or 220 Wh/kg) than ever before over its competition; namely lead acid, Ni-Cd, and lithium-iron-phosphate technologies.

UBS forecasts increasing nickel demand from 2.6mtpa in 2020 to more than double to 5.8mtpa by 2030. This is while nickel supply has seen a decline of 4% in 2020 from the year prior.


Source: McKenzie Research

I own a lot of physical silver, and shares of Silver Elephant Mining Corp (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX : SILEF, which I am the chairman) for exposure to vanadium and nickel which can be bulky and hard to buy. Silver Elephant’s Minago nickel project in Canada has 722 million pounds of nickel in the measured and indicated category as reported by Mercator-AGP consultants (refer to July 2021 news release). In addition, Silver Elephant’s Gibellini vanadium project has 131 million pounds of vanadium pentoxide as reported in a May 2018 resource statement prepared by AMEC consultants (see company news release). Finally, as the name suggests the Company has its flagship Pulacayo silver project with 107 million indicated silver oz’s as reported by Mercator in October 2020 (per company news release). All three projects are at an advanced permitting stage and provide strong leverage to metal prices. Mining is asset depleting business, and I believe the metals should be kept safely in the ground today until prices are higher, at which time mines can be commissioned.

Summary

The hydrocarbon wars fought over last 100 years are at an end. We are entering into a new energy renaissance, and for the first time in the history of mankind we can harness unlimited energy from the sun.

Warren Buffet said once that if you had bought and held a 30-year bond in 1980 with a 15% coupon (with you use to buy more long dated bonds), you would have made more than 10 times your money 30 years later. The secret to wealth is to spot and invest in a secular trend and sit tight. I sense we are at the infancy stage of an electrification revolution that will last at least 10 years. Take advantage of this insight and consider a starting position in silver, vanadium, and nickel if you haven’t done so.

Silver Elephant Announces Permitting Update and Low Carbon Initiative For Minago Nickel Project at Thompson Nickel Belt in Manitoba


Vancouver, British Columbia, July 7, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces the following update for its 100% owned Minago Nickel Project (“Minago  Project”) at Manitoba’s Thompson’s Nickel Belt in Canada.

Environment Act License

In August 2011, the Minago Project achieved a major milestone when the Environment Act License (“EAL”) was issued by the province of Manitoba. The prior operator of the project subsequently filed a Notice of Alteration (NOA) to the EAL, in December 2013, related to relocation of the tailings management area to address First Nation concerns. The NOA process was not completed by the prior operator and remains outstanding. Since acquiring the project in February 2021, Silver Elephant has re-engaged the Manitoba Government regarding the NOA status for the 10,000 tonne-per-day open-pit mining operation at Minago. The ARDD has confirmed that the NOA can still be completed and the Company is currently working with ARDD to finalize the NOA approval, leading to issuance of an updated Environment Act License, which is expected by the end of 2021.

A socioeconomic assessment was conducted and the prior operator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each of the Pimichikamak Cree Nation (Cross lake), Mosakahiken First Nation (Moose Lake), and Misipawistik Cree Nation (Grand Rapids). The Company is re-engaging the First Nations with traditional territories that include the project site, including the Norway House Cree Nation, to work toward inclusion and renewal of the MOUs in 2021.

The Agriculture and Resource Development Department (“ARDD”) has expressed support for the Minago Project, which would supply much needed Class 1 high-purity nickel to make nickel-lithium batteries used in electric vehicles.

Low Carbon Operation

Several initiatives are being considered or taken to minimize the carbon footprint of potential future mining operation at Minago. For mining, the Company will examine the use of a fully electric mine fleet and review the use of waste material to expose the serpentine component to air to absorb carbon dioxide through carbonation. For ore and waste processing, the crushing, milling and flotation processes would be powered by renewable hydroelectricity, which accounts for 97% of all electricity generation in Manitoba.

About the Minago Project

The Minago Project is located in the southern part of Manitoba’s Thompson Nickel Belt (TNB), which is the fifth largest sulphide nickel belt in the world based on contained nickel endowment, containing over 18 nickel deposits and over 5 billion lbs of nickel production since 1959. (Naldrett, A.J., 2004, Magmatic Sulfide Deposits; Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 725 p.).

On July 6, 2021, Silver Elephant announced Mineral Resource Estimate for Minago prepared by Mercator and AGP with an effective date of July 2, 2021 that includes a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 722 million lbs of nickel, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 319 million lbs of nickel at an average grade of 0.74% nickel (mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability). The Minago Project has received over $40 million in investment since early 2000.

Manitoba Provincial Highway 6 and a high-voltage (230 kV) transmission line both transect the Minago project. Minago has been demonstrated to produce a 22.3% nickel concentrate based on representative feed of 0.54% nickel through extensive metallurgical testing by SGS. Vale currently produces nickel concentrates in Thompson at the heart of the TNB, 270 km northeast of the Minago project. Its nickel concentrates are shipped to its Sudbury smelter for processing to refined nickel.

Qualified Persons

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration. Mr. Oosterman is not independent of the Company in that he is employed by it. Mr. Oosterman is a qualified person (“QP”) as defined by the guidelines in NI 43-101.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier silver mining and exploration company.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”

Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com  www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Silver Elephant’s Minago Reports 1.04 Billion Pounds Nickel Mineral Resource Estimate Grading 0.74% Nickel in Canada’s Thompson Nickel Belt


Vancouver, British Columbia, July 6, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX: ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces the results of a new mineral resource estimate (“MRE”) for its 100% owned Minago Nickel Project (“Minago  Project”) in Manitoba’s Thompson Nickel Belt (“TNB”) in Canada.

The mineral resource estimate (MRE) has an effective date of July 2, 2021 and includes a Measured and Indicated mineral resource of 722 million lbs of contained nickel and an Inferred mineral resource of 319 million lbs of contained nickel. All resources occur within a mineral lease that is surrounded by 94 mineral claims plus a second mineral lease held by the Company, comprising a total area of 197 km2. The Minago Project has been the subject of over $40 million in exploration, feasibility study and environmental permitting expenditures by various previous interests since early 2000, the most recent of these being by Victory Nickel Inc.

The MRE was prepared by Mercator Geological Services Limited (“Mercator”). AGP Mining Consultants (“AGP”) provided pit optimization and associated services. Stantec Ltd. (“Stantec”) provided site visit and professional support on environmental permitting review. All three firms are independent of Silver Elephant as defined under National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101). The Minago Project MRE was prepared in accordance with the CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (2014) and is tabulated below in Table 1. Separate reporting for the constituent Nose Zone and North Limb Zone appears in Tables 2 and 3, respectively, and notes that apply to all tables follow Table 3. A technical report prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 Form F1 that documents the MRE will be filed on SEDAR by the Company within 45 days.

Table 1: Minago Project Mineral Resource Estimate – Effective July 2, 2021

Type Ni % Cut-off Category Rounded Tonnes Ni % Ni lbs (millions)
Open Pit 0.25 Measured 11,490,000 0.73 184.92
Indicated 12,450,000 0.69 189.39
Measured and Indicated 23,940,000 0.71 374.30
Inferred 2,070,000 0.57 26.01
Underground 0.5 Measured 610,000 0.81 10.89
Indicated 19,680,000 0.77 334.08
Measured and Indicated 20,290,000 0.77 344.97
Inferred 17,480,000 0.76 292.88
Combined 0.25/0.50 Measured 12,100,000 0.73 194.73
Indicated 32,130,000 0.74 524.17
Measured and Indicated 44,230,000 0.74 721.58
Inferred 19,550,000 0.74 318.94

See notes following Table 3

 

Table 2: Nose Zone Mineral Resource Estimate – Effective Date July 2, 2021

Type Ni % Cut-off Category Rounded Tonnes Ni % Ni lbs (millions)
Open Pit 0.25 Measured 11,490,000 0.73 184.92
Indicated 10,310,000 0.70 159.11
Measured and Indicated 21,800,000 0.72 344.02
Inferred 1,410,000 0.51 15.85
Underground 0.5 Measured 610,000 0.81 10.89
Indicated 13,870,000 0.80 244.62
Measured and Indicated 14,480,000 0.80 255.52
Inferred 10,610,000 0.80 187.13
Combined 0.25/0.50 Measured 12,100,000 0.73 194.73
Indicated 24,180,000 0.76 405.14
Measured and Indicated 36,280,000 0.75 599.88
Inferred 12,020,000 0.77 204.05

See notes following Table 3

 

Table 3: North Limb Zone Mineral Resource Estimate – Effective Date July 2, 2021

Type Ni % Cut-off Category Rounded Tonnes Ni % Ni lbs (millions)
Open Pit 0.25 Measured    
Indicated 2,140,000 0.65 30.67
Measured and Indicated 2,140,000 0.65 30.67
Inferred 660,000 0.70 10.19
Underground 0.5 Measured    
Indicated 5,810,000 0.68 87.10
Measured and Indicated 5,810,000 0.68 87.10
Inferred 6,870,000 0.68 102.99
Combined 0.25/0.50 Measured    
Indicated 7,950,000 0.67 117.43
Measured and Indicated 7,950,000 0.67 117.43
Inferred 7,530,000 0.68 112.89

Notes to accompany Tables 1, 2 and 3:

  1. Mineral resources were prepared in accordance with the CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (MRMR) (2014) and CIM MRMR Best Practice Guidelines (2019).
  2. Open Pit mineral resources are defined within an optimized pit shell with average pit slope angles of 45⁰ and overall 13.3:1 strip ratio (waste : mineralized material). The 13.3:1 strip ratio is comprised of a 6.2:1 pre-strip component and a 7.1:1 deposit component.
  3. Pit optimization parameters include: metal pricing at US$7.80/lb Ni, mining at US$1.77/t, processing at US$7.62/t processed, G&A at US$3.33/t processed, and an average sulphide Ni (NiS) recovery above the cut-off grade of 78% (ranging from 40% to 90%), based on previous metallurgical test programs. An average Ni recovery of 56% can be calculated using the average NiS recovery and the average ratio of NiS to Ni (72%) reported above the cut-off grade. Concentrate by-product credits were applied at metal prices of US$3.25/lb (Cu), US$2,000/oz Pd and US$ 1,000/oz Pt. A potential frac-sand overburden unit was assigned a value of US $20/t, a recovery factor of 68.8 %, mining cost of US $1.77/t, and processing cost of US $6.55/t processed.
  4. Open Pit mineral resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.18 % NiS within the optimized pit shell. The 0.18 % NiS cut-off grade approximates a 0.25 % Ni grade when applying the average ratio of total Ni to NiS for the mineral resource. The cut-off grade reflects total operating costs used in pit optimization to define reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction by open pit mining methods.
  5. Underground mineral resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.36 % NiS. The 0.36 % NiS cut-off grade approximates a 0.50 % Ni grade when applying the average ratio of total Ni to NiS for the mineral resource. The cut-off grade reflects total operating costs of US$41.72/t processed to define reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction by underground mining methods.
  6. Ni % deposit grade was estimated using Ordinary Kriging methods applied to 2 m downhole assay composites. No grade capping was applied. NiS % block values were calculated from Ni % block values using a regression curve based on Ni and NiS drilling database assay values. Model block size is 6 m (x) by 6 m (y) by 6 m (z).
  7. Bulk density was applied on a lithological model basis and reflects averaging of bulk density determinations for each lithology.
  8. Mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or other relevant issues.
  9. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
  10. Mineral resource tonnages are rounded to the nearest 10,000.

Project Setting

The Minago Project is located in the southern extent of Manitoba’s TNB. Manitoba Provincial Highway 6 and a high-voltage (230 kV) transmission line both transect the Minago project area. Vale currently mines and produces nickel concentrates in Thompson at the heart of the TNB, 270 km northeast of the Minago project. Its nickel concentrates are shipped by rail to its Sudbury smelter for processing to refined nickel.

There are no known legal, political, environmental, or other risks identified by the Company at the July 2, 2021 effective date that would materially affect potential future development of the Minago Project.

Historical Metallurgical Program Results

The 2010 feasibility study completed on behalf of Victory Nickel Inc. for the Minago Project is now historical in nature and no longer applies. However, that study includes results of a metallurgical test program that developed a sulphidic nickel head grade-recovery curve for use in pit optimization and economic assessment of the project. Flotation development tests and locked cycle tests (LCT) were conducted on a master composite of open pit mineralization samples having grades of 0.54% total Ni and 0.36% sulphidic Ni. Results of this work indicated that a nickel concentrate containing 22.27% Ni and 10.43% MgO can be produced with an equivalent sulphidic nickel recovery of 77.2% and a total nickel recovery of 52.3% (Feasibility Study, Minago Nickel Mine, dated March 4, 2010, prepared by Wardrop Engineering Inc. for Victory Nickel Inc. and filed on SEDAR by Victory Nickel Inc.).

These historical metallurgical results are relevant to ongoing evaluation of the Minago Project and the Company intends to thoroughly evaluate them through a new metallurgical program that will support its plan to move the Minago Project forward through feasibility assessment leading to production.

Exploration Potential

The TNB is the fifth largest sulphide nickel belt in the world based on contained nickel endowment. It contains over 18 defined nickel deposits and has supported over 5 billion lbs of nickel production since 1959 (Source: Naldrett, A.J., 2004, Magmatic Sulfide Deposits; Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 725 p.). Several producing and past-producing mines are located along the same fold-structure at Thompson, known as the Thompson Dome, and occur within a few kilometers of each other. The Thompson, Birchtree and Pipe mines have collectively produced 150 million tonnes grading 2.32% nickel since 1958 (Naldrett, 2004). Vale’s Thompson operations produced 23Mlbs of Ni in 2020 (Vale Annual Report, 2020, dated March 23, 2021).

The Minago Project is hosted by the Opswagan Group, which is the same geological sequence in which the Thompson nickel deposits occur. The orebodies that comprise the currently operating Thompson Mine occur in the Opswagan Group’s Pipe Formation, particularly within the P2 Schist Member. Thompson-style nickel mineralization consists of magmatic nickel sulphide originally associated with mafic and ultramafic intrusions that commonly has been remobilization by regional metamorphism and deformation into favourable structural settings such as fold noses and limbs in host sequences. Nickel sulphides of economic importance also occur as disseminated to massive phases within and adjacent to the mafic and ultramafic intrusions themselves, with this setting best characterizing the Minago deposits.

The Nose Zone and North Limb Zone at Minago have generally similar structural, geological and mineralogical characteristics as deposits located on the Thompson Dome to the north. Nickel mineralization defining the new MRE in both zones of the Minago Project remains open at depth and along strike, based on current drilling results, and the Company has identified good opportunities to expand current mineral resources through future exploration in these areas.

Substantial volumes of nickel mineralization that are presently defined by drilling in the Nose Zone and North Limb Zone were excluded from the current MRE by the cut-off grades applied. The Company believes that some of this mineralization could be included in future open pit and underground resource categories if higher nickel prices develop. The current optimized pit shell has a maximum depth of approximately 350 meters below surface.

Results of inversion modelling of existing ground and airborne magnetic survey data are interpreted by the Company as providing a good indication of mineralized zone continuity between the Nose Zone and the North Limb Zone and for extensions of these zones to depth and along strike. If proven to be correct, this could provide potential for definition of a district-sized deposit. Regionally, historical drilling completed 5 km to the south of the Nose Zone (“South Target”), and 3 km to the northwest of the North Limb Zone (“O Limb Target”) by Amax Exploration from 1969 to 1971 encountered nickel mineralization similar in style to that at Minago. The Company believes that these two specific areas represent high priority targets for further exploration and potential resource expansion.

In addition to exploration noted above within the Minago Project, the Company recently tasked a professional team with significant expertise in the Thompson Nickel Belt with identifying additional prospective areas for staking.

Company Remarks

The Company believes Minago has potential to support future production of Class 1, high-purity nickel for application in nickel-lithium batteries used in electric vehicles.

The Minago MRE demonstrates that the Minago Project is one of Canada’s largest undeveloped sulphide nickel deposits. In the next 12 months, the Company intends to carry out core drilling programs at Minago to expand existing mineral resources, address updating of environmental permitting established in 2011 to operate the project, and initiate economic evaluation of the MRE by means of a Pre-feasibility or Feasibility study.

Minago Project maps are available at www.silverelef.com.

Qualified Persons

Matthew Harrington, P. Geo., of Mercator Geological Services Limited is responsible for technical disclosure regarding the Minago MRE contained in this press release. Both he and Mercator are independent of Silver Elephant, as this term is defined under NI 43-101.

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration for Silver Elephant. Mr. Oosterman is not independent of the Company as this term is defined under NI 43-101.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier silver mining and exploration company.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”

Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com  www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Silver Elephant Engages Wood PLC to Conduct Preliminary Economic Assessment on Gibellini Vanadium Project


Vancouver, British Columbia, May 31, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX:ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Nevada Vanadium LLC. (“Nevada Vanadium”) has commissioned a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) in respect of its Gibellini vanadium project, located in Eureka Country, Nevada, USA.

Vanadium is one of the best performing metals of 2021. Vanadium pentoxide price has risen 52% from US$5.4/lb in early January to US$8.2/lb today. The Gibellini project encompasses the Gibellini, Louie Hill, and Bisoni McKay properties which the Company acquired in 2017 and 2020.

The PEA will be prepared in collaboration between Wood PLC (“Wood”) and Mine Technical Services (“MTS”) as part of its proposed spinout strategy.

About the Gibellini Project

The Gibellini vanadium project, designed to be an open-pit, heap-leach operation, is located in Nevada, USA. Nevada was ranked by the Fraser Institute as the world’s #1 mining investment jurisdiction in 2018 and 2020. The Gibellini project development achieved an important milestone in July 2020 when the Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) was published in the Federal Register. A final Record of Decision on EIS is expected in 2021. The U.S. government has designated vanadium as one of 35 critical minerals to the national security and the economy. Vanadium alloys and catalysts are used in the aerospace, defense, energy storage, and infrastructure sectors. Over $35 million has been invested at Gibellini to date.

Qualified Persons

The scientific and technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman B. Sc.(Hons), P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration of the Company. Mr. Oosterman is a “Qualified Person” as defined in NI 43-101 and is not independent of the Company due to his employment by the Company.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier silver mining and exploration company with proposed vanadium and nickel spinouts.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”

Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com  www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-looking statements relate, among other things, to: statements about the estimation of mineral resources; magnitude or quality of mineral deposits; anticipated advancement of mineral properties or programs; future operations; future exploration prospectus; future corporate events; the completion and timing of mineral resource estimates and the PEA; future growth potential for the Company and Nevada Vanadium; and future development plans.

These forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business. Management believes that these assumptions are reasonable. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others: risks related to the speculative nature of the Company’s business; the Company’s stage of development; the impact of COVID-19 on the timing of exploration and development work; the Company’s financial position; possible variations in mineralization, grade or recovery rates; actual results of current exploration activities; actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of future economic evaluations; business integration risks; fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in spot and forward prices of vanadium, nickel, silver, base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar to United States dollar exchange rate); change in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls regulations and political or economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formation pressures, cave-ins and flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous populations; availability of increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government authorities); and title to properties. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management of the Company believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure its shareholders that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this news release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

 

Silver Elephant’s Sunawayo Drills 2 Meters of 645 g/t Silver, 5.1% Lead, 1.3% Zinc, 0.2% Copper within 5 Meters of 380 g/t AgEq, Indium and Gallium Assays Pending


Vancouver, British Columbia, May 4, 2021 – Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (“Silver Elephant” or “the Company”) (TSX:ELEF, OTCQX:SILEF, Frankfurt:1P2N) announces drill assay results from the Sunawayo project from drill holes SWD011 to SWD014, which include a high-grade intercept of 2.0 meters grading 645 g/t Ag, 5.12% Pb and 1.34% Zn, 0.19% Cu (813 g/t AgEq) within a broader intercept of 5.0 meters grading 297 g/t Ag, 2.43% Pb, 0.78% Zn, 0.08% Cu (380 g/t AgEq).

Highlighted results from this batch of drillholes is tabulated below:

Hole ID From To Length (m) AgEq (g/t) Ag (g/t) Pb % Zn % Cu % In g/t Ga g/t
SWD011 117.0 132.0 15.0 40 30 0.27 0.11 0.01 pending pending
incl… 121.0 125.0 4.0 72 57 0.41 0.17 0.01 pending pending
SWD011 181.0 192.0 11.0 33 15 0.60 0.07 0.02 pending pending
SWD011 190.0 192.0 2.0 40 15 0.88 0.12 0.02 pending pending
SWD012 16.0 17.0 1.0 36 15 0.96 0.01 0.00 pending pending
SWD012 38.0 40.0 2.0 30 8 0.93 0.03 0.02 pending pending
SWD012 99.0 100.0 1.0 33 23 0.21 0.11 0.03 pending pending
SWD013 3.0 21.0 18.0 35 23 0.40 0.02 0.02 pending pending
SWD013 146.0 151.0 5.0 380 297 2.43 0.78 0.08 pending pending
incl… 148.0 150.0 2.0 813 645 5.12 1.34 0.19 pending pending
SWD014 5.0 7.0 2.0 111 51 2.68 0.00 0.02 pending pending
SWD014 37.0 43.0 6.0 52 13 1.57 0.02 0.04 pending pending
SWD014 52.0 54.0 2.0 97 23 2.77 0.25 0.06 pending pending
SWD014 78.0 79.0 1.0 35 19 0.40 0.06 0.06 pending pending

Reported intercepts are core-lengths and not true-widths; based on core-angle measurements, true widths range from 78% to 84% of reported core length. AgEq calculation uses a silver price of $25.00/oz, a zinc price of $1.10/lb., a lead price of $0.80/lb. and a copper price of $3.00/lb. (all USD) and assumes 100% metallurgical recovery as no metallurgical studies have been conducted on the project, and do not reliably reflect expected metallurgical results. Silver equivalent values are calculated using the following formula: AgEq = Ag g/t + (Zn % x 30.1644) + (Pb % x 21.9377) + (Cu% x 82.2665).

The Company has completed its planned 15-hole drilling program at Sunawayo with SWD015 assay results pending.

Results thus far confirm 14 out of 14 Sunawayo drilled holes over a 6.8 km span contain silver mineralization, highlighting the potential for the presence of one or more mineral deposits on the project. Currently there is insufficient exploration to determine whether any resources are present.

In reviewing assay results of SWD001 to SWD014, the company discovered indium and gallium mineralization and have re-submitted drill hole samples from SWD001 to SWD014 to ALS Global Laboratories for the analysis of indium and gallium concentrations.

Detailed maps of Sunawayo located in central Bolivia are available at www.silverelef.com.

Qualified Person

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel Oosterman, VP Exploration. Mr. Oosterman is not independent of the Company in that he is employed by it. Mr. Oosterman is a qualified person (“QP”) as defined by the guidelines in NI 43-101.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Silver Elephant adopts industry-recognized best practices in its implementation of QA/QC methods. A geochemical standard control sample and a blank sample are inserted into the sample stream at every 20th sample. Duplicates are taken at every 40th sample. Standards and duplicates, including lab duplicates and standards, are analyzed using scatterplots. Samples are shipped to ALS Global Laboratories in Ururo, Bolivia for preparation. They are then shipped to ALS Global laboratories in Lima, Peru for analysis. Samples are analyzed using Intermediate Level Four Acid Digestion. Silver overlimits (“ore grade”) are analyzed using fire assay with a gravimetric finish. ALS Laboratories sample management system meets all the requirements of the International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015. All ALS geochemical hub laboratories are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for specific analytical procedures.

All samples are taken from HQ-diameter core is split in half by a diamond-blade masonry saw. One half of the core is submitted for laboratory analysis and the other half is preserved for reference at the Company’s secured core facility. All the core is geotechnically analyzed and photographed and then logged by geologists prior to sampling.

About Silver Elephant

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is a premier silver mining and exploration company.

Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.

SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

“John Lee”

Executive Chairman

For more information about Silver Elephant, please contact Investor Relations:

+1.604.569.3661 ext. 101

ir@silverelef.com  www.silverelef.com

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this news release, including statements which may contain words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, or similar expressions, and statements related to matters which are not historical facts are forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s expectations regarding Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities, are based on certain factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release and the documents incorporated by reference herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events, or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events, or results not to be as anticipated, estimated, or intended. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any future revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as expressly required by law.

Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. Closes Final Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement


Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. (CSE: WUC) (OTCQX: WSTRF) (“ Western ” or the ” Company ”) is pleased to announce the closing of a second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement (the “ Private Placement ”) (please refer to the news release issued by Western on February 16, 2021 for details on the first tranche of the Private Placement). At this closing, the Company raised gross proceeds CAD$2,500,000 through the issuance of 3,125,000 units (the ” Units ”) at a price of CAD$0.80 per Unit. The total raised in the two tranches of this Private Placement of 6,375,000 Units aggregates to CAD$5,100,000. Western used 100% of the overallotment option to issue the maximum quantity of authorized Units to satisfy investors’ oversubscription demand.

Each Unit consists of one common share of Western (a ” Share “) plus one common share purchase warrant of Western (a “ Warrant ”). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder to purchase one Share at a price of CAD$1.20 per Share for a period of three years following issuance.  A total of 6,375,000 Shares and 6,375,000 Warrants are being issued in the two tranches of the Private Placement.

The Warrants contain a provision that if the Company’s Shares trade at or above CAD$2.40 per Share for 10 consecutive trading days, the Company may, at any time after the expiry of the applicable statutory hold period, accelerate the expiration of the Warrants upon not less than 30 days’ written notice by the Company (the “ Acceleration Clause ”).

The Company anticipates that the net proceeds of the Private Placement will be used to secure value-added opportunities, fund follow-on work at the five mines comprising the Sunday Mine Complex, the exploration and development of a second production center and for general corporate and working capital purposes.

In connection with the second tranche of the Private Placement, the Company is paying CAD$8,952 in finder’s fees plus 11,190 compensation warrants exercisable for three years, each warrant being exercisable at CAD$0.94 per Share of the Company. The compensation warrants are subject to the Acceleration Clause. For details on the finder’s fee paid in connection with the first tranche of the Private Placement, please refer to the news release issued on February 16, 2021.

Securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement shall be subject to a minimum six (6) month hold period.  The closing of the Private Placement remains subject to final regulatory approval.

The securities offered and sold have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

bout Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp.

Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. is a Colorado based uranium and vanadium conventional mining company focused on low cost near-term production of uranium and vanadium in the western United States, and development and application of kinetic separation.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information: Certain information contained in this news release constitutes “forward-looking information” or a “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”).  Statements of that nature include statements relating to, or that are dependent upon: the Company’s expectations, estimates and projections regarding exploration and production plans and results; the timing of planned activities; whether the Company can raise any additional funds required to implement its plans;  whether regulatory or analogous requirements can be satisfied to permit planned activities; and more generally to the Company’s business, and the economic and political environment applicable to its operations, assets and plans. All such forward-looking statements are subject to important risk factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Please refer to the Company’s most recent Management’s Discussion and Analysis, as well as its other filings at www.sec.gov and/or www.sedar.com , for a more detailed review of those risk factors.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements, and that these statements are made as of the date hereof. While the Company may do so, it does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements at any particular time, except as and to the extent required under applicable laws and regulations.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT :
George Glasier
President and CEO
970-864-2125
gglasier@western-uranium.com

Robert Klein
Chief Financial Officer
908-872-7686
rklein @western-uranium.com

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SPECIALTY STEEL RAW MATERIALS MARKET REPORT 03/03: Tight Prompt Supply Pushes Ferro-vanadium Price Up


An overview of the specialty steel raw materials markets in Europe and their latest price moves.

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A Steel In Shandong FeV Bidding Price On 3 March 2021


Product 

Spec.

Price (RMB/TON)

Qty(ton)

Basis

FeV

50#

121,000

10

Acceptance with tax

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A Steel In Shandong Vn Alloy Bidding Price On 3 March 2021


Product 
Spec.
Price (RMB/TON)
Qty(ton)
Basis
Vanadium-nitrogen
VN16
169,500
150
Acceptance with tax

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